When East Meets West

S2E31_Avoidance

October 27, 2021 Peter Economou, Ph.D. and Nikki Rubin, Psy.D. Season 2 Episode 31
When East Meets West
S2E31_Avoidance
Show Notes

Brains don’t like being uncomfortable, so they’ve come up with a simple behavioral solution: avoid it! In this episode, the docs discuss the function of avoidance, provide psychoeducation about experiential avoidance and its attempts to control what’s happening inside of our bodies, and discuss the comparable Buddhist concept of aversion. Everyone avoids thoughts, feelings, other people, situations (and much more) at some point or another, so tune in to learn how to recognize avoidance and begin to turn back towards stepping into discomfort. We promise, it’ll be worth it!