Mental Health Issues Silver Bullet? Are You Arrogant?

I listened to nearly everything Jordan Peterson put online.

Out of the hundreds of hours of lectures, this is the most valuable thing I heard him say.

As a clinical psychologist, Dr. Peterson would listen to and engage a person's problems for weeks and months and years. When he finally got to deepest cause, his clients had one thing in common:

arrogance.

The deepest cause of their problems was arrogance. He said this was true for nearly all his patients.

Arrogance had grown inside them and prevented them from connecting with others and prevented them from connecting with the deepest parts of themselves.

Arrogance had strangled them from growth and meaning.

I still am floored by the implications this. Could it be that we are our own worst enemy and there really is a simple (but not easy) solution to many problems?

Is humility the silver bullet for mental health issues?

I listened to nearly everything Jordan Peterson put online.

Out of the hundreds of hours of lectures, this is the most valuable thing I heard him say.

As a clinical psychologist, Dr. Peterson would listen to and engage a person's problems for weeks and months and years. When he finally got to deepest cause, his clients had one thing in common:

arrogance.

The deepest cause of their problems was arrogance. He said this was true for nearly all his patients.

Arrogance had grown inside them and prevented them from connecting with others and prevented them from connecting with the deepest parts of themselves.

Arrogance had strangled them from growth and meaning.

I still am floored by the implications this. Could it be that we are our own worst enemy and there really is a simple (but not easy) solution to many problems?

Is humility the silver bullet for mental health issues?

Perhaps simplified, but if you had to put it in one word, yes, he is correct, at least in my opinion. This started with the masses in 1967 with I'm OK, You're OK. It progressed to the next generation and everyone getting trophies for participation. But many of those individuals never learned that there is a disconnect between how they feel about themselves - what they feel they are entitled to - and the real world. So on the one hand you have the arrogance, and on the other you have the scared little person who thinks they can't measure up and somebody is going to find out they are a fraud. In short - there comes the mental illness - the NPDs, the BPDs...

I once said that it's OK for a kid to feel "lower than dirt on a sow's belly" and almost got crucified for it. LOL! Of course, you can't leave them down there, but they have to learn to take responsibility for their own actions and fix what can be fixed, admit they are wrong, apologize. Nobody today wants to own their mistakes, preferring to pass the buck, and that stunts them in the long run.

The primary problem I see people making is confusing pleasure and fun with happiness...Happiness often requires delayed gratification which is counterproductive to instant fun and pleasure...Those choices ultimately lead to a catastrophic end...

Those clients of his were very successful people paying a high end doctor in private practice.
Or people who sacrificed all meals and coffee out, vacations, new clothes and home decor etc. to pay him for therapy. & He's going to call them arrogant? I don't know about that.
Incidentally, did you hear he became addicted to benzos and the hospital diagnosed him with schizophrenia? No such thing as benzo withdrawal existed. He had to leave the country for real help. Now, a humble person would had just accepted the schizophrenia diagnosis!

Self importance is a synonym for arrogance.

So what is some practical advice to reduce self importance?

Having a 'working with others' mentality rather than a 'power over others' mentality.

I listened to nearly everything Jordan Peterson put online.

Out of the hundreds of hours of lectures, this is the most valuable thing I heard him say.

As a clinical psychologist, Dr. Peterson would listen to and engage a person's problems for weeks and months and years. When he finally got to deepest cause, his clients had one thing in common:

arrogance.

The deepest cause of their problems was arrogance. He said this was true for nearly all his patients.

Arrogance had grown inside them and prevented them from connecting with others and prevented them from connecting with the deepest parts of themselves.

Arrogance had strangled them from growth and meaning.

I still am floored by the implications this. Could it be that we are our own worst enemy and there really is a simple (but not easy) solution to many problems?

Is humility the silver bullet for mental health issues?

The primary problem I see people making is confusing pleasure and fun with happiness...Happiness often requires delayed gratification which is counterproductive to instant fun and pleasure...Those choices ultimately lead to a catastrophic end...

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good old bar fights and bullies at school were very good tool against arrogance. We have peaty much eliminated those and now will expirience the consequences.

We all after a while think that we are kings of the shit. Back in the days occasionally we were getting punch in the face and reality was quickly kicking in. Now our self arrogance is just exponentially growing and I can see already at very young age like 10y old, they already think they are smarter than teachers, parents etc.

All the social experimentation with being super nice, good, kind, don’t ask question, accept, respect, love everyone, massive Kumbaya will blow in our faces shortly. You can’t be nice all your life, something is going to give.





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Brief, I've been on here for nearly 15 years and this is the most thoughtful and insightful post I've ever read from you. True wisdom in that sentiment.

Much appreciated. Cheers.

Self importance is a synonym for arrogance.

So what is some practical advice to reduce self importance?

Having a 'working with others' mentality rather than a 'power over others' mentality.

The irony is that when you can a afford a $135/hr Dr. psychiatrist you're bound to be arrogant.

This sounds like commie propaganda bullshit

Pride.

It is literally what caused the fall.

Both Lucifer from Heaven and Adam & Eve in the garden, by accepting knowledge apart from the Father, so apart they became.

If you can hold me down and keep me serious for a little while, you'll discover I'm one of the most well read people you've ever met...But good luck with that!

can't eat silver

Pride as well..

It's the reason why people won't learn, won't change, won't forgive and they remain frustrated, angry, bitter, ignorant, unhappy..

Humility is powerful

It makes sense as a panacea for mental illness

I know it's true for depression

Depressed people have turned inward, which explains why many want to lay down and die.. no greater cause.. no greater connections of love with others..

Love and humility, the best natural cures

My source is from God, the wellspring

APA hint:

There is no such thing as mental disease. We really enjoy tracking what you stare at in your reality show cubes.

Jack and Jill went up the Hill to fetch a pail of Water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after.

This is the domain of psych-craftwerk.

Few take the trail to the other side of the crest. Jung saw glimpses, a la Moses.

Message received: psychological diagnosis can be a trap.

Neurosis is best seen as the soul communicating (with itself?)

New connections: Jung and Moses, Jack and Jill as animus/anima.

The primary problem I see people making is confusing pleasure and fun with happiness...Happiness often requires delayed gratification which is counterproductive to instant fun and pleasure...Those choices ultimately lead to a catastrophic end...

Pride as well..

It's the reason why people won't learn, won't change, won't forgive and they remain frustrated, angry, bitter, ignorant, unhappy..

Humility is powerful

It makes sense as a panacea for mental illness

I know it's true for depression

Depressed people have turned inward, which explains why many want to lay down and die.. no greater cause.. no greater connections of love with others..

Love and humility, the best natural cures

My source is from God, the wellspring