The Last Symptom by Brian Barnett

How experiences are enriched. A walk up an old backcountry road one evening and an encounter with a possum. The difficulties of jogging outside the city. A Dukes of Hazzard reference. http://www.thelastsymptom.com Join our online community at thelastsymptom.locals.com #sharedexperiences #sharedmoments #enriched #backcountryroad #possum #playingpossum #jogging #running #exercise #workout #dukesofhazzard #countryroad #emotionalhealth #emotionaldisorders #emotionalabuse #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #bpd #emotionallyunstablepersonalitydisorder #eupd #cure #authenticrecovery #thelastsymptom #brianbarnett

Just because I ‘feel’ like I’m doing a great job as a parent doesn’t mean I’m truly a good parent. Just because I love working with wood doesn’t automatically make me a great carpenter. Just because I’m passionate about singing doesn’t automatically make me a good singer. What then determines these sorts of realities? http://www.thelastsymptom.com Join our online community at thelastsymptom.locals.com #parenting #feelings ##children #truths #qualityparenting #mothering #fathering #carpentry #denial #acceptance #emotionalhealth #emotionalabuse #emotionaldisorders #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #bpd #emotionallyunstablepersonalitydisorder #eupd #cure #truerecovery #completerecovery #thelastsymptom #brianbarnett

The Last Symptom podcast S4 Ep 32: Johnny Depp & The BANK ROBBERS The Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial, things we can learn. Follow up to Will Smith. Does God's opinions reflect realities about us? http://www.thelastsymptom.com Join our online community at thelastsymptom.locals.com #johnnydepp #bankrobbers #parents #godsopinion #god #willsmith #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #bpd #emotionallyunstablepersonalitydisorder #eupd #emotionalabuse #emotionaldisorders #cure #thelastsymptom #brianbarnett

Taken from a Livestream in the woods with audience participation: The time I was caught pleasuring myself. The natural process of changing from children into young adults. Where do I want to be in ten years? Dog jealousy. Raising my daughter to be prepared for the real world. http://www.thelastsymptom.com Join our online community at thelastsymptom.locals.com #pleasuringmyself #caught #masturbation #puberty #woods #raisingchildrenright #dogjealousy #maturingphysically #livestream #emotionaldisorders #shame #noshame #normal #natural #emotionalabuse #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #bpd #emotionallyunstablepersonalitydisorder #eupd #cure #thelastsymptom #brianbarnett

Your relationships aren’t like a standalone person or thing that exists on its own. Relationships are made up of individuals. When there are problems in a relationship, it’s not the fault of the ‘relationship’ - this abstract, non-existent thing. The problem is YOU and the problem is the other individual, and you can only do anything about only one of these two folks. http://www.thelastsymptom.com Join our online community at thelastsymptom.locals.com #relationships #problem #romanticrelationships #unhealthypeople #emotionalabuse #emotionaldisorders #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #bpd #emotionallyunstablepersonalitydisorder #eupd #cure #truerecovery #authenticrecovery #emotionalhealth #thelastsymptom #brianbarnett

Whether or not to get your kids out of their current environment by leaving your partner. The only right conditions for that to occur. Analyzing my personal circumstances as a child along this topic. The single greatest factor for anybody considering separation or divorce. Physical, mental, emotional, spiritual health. http://www.thelastsymptom.com Join our online community at thelastsymptom.locals.com #separation #divorce #kids #children #conditions #personalcircumstances #physicalhealth #mentalhealth #emotionalhealth #spiritualhealth #unlovable #toxicenvironment #inherentlydefective #irredeemable #emotionalabuse #selfishness #meanness #violence #abuse #emotionaldisorders #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #bpd #emotionallyunstablepersonalitydisorder #eupd #cure #thelastsymptom #brianbarnett

The positive thing about bad parents is that they can become good parents. But this first requires a level of honesty with oneself that many fail to demonstrate. We can’t fix what we refuse to look at, or see. http://www.thelastsymptom.com Join our online community at thelastsymptom.locals.com #badparents #goodparents #denial #acceptance #appearances #acting falsefront #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #bpd #emotionallyunstablepersonalitydisorder #eupd #curebpd #emotionalabuse #thelastsymptom #brianbarnett

My daughter Eloise finally gets to tell you about electricity, which prompts a shocking campfire story about a cow fence, and some historically-famous poo. Also, the format I use for creating Orange Slices. http://www.thelastsymptom.com Join our online community at thelastsymptom.locals.com #electricity #shocking #shockingtales #poo #tales #storytelling #electrocuted #campfirestory #historicalrecord #astronauts #apollo11 #fathersanddaughters #parenting #children #internationalspacestation #iss #emotionalabuse #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #bpd #emotionallyunstablepersonalitydisorder #eupd #cure #thelastsymptom #brianbarnett

A campfire story that I recorded for this week's episode of The Last Symptom podcast (S4 Ep 31), but that I ultimately cut from the show due to time. A yarn about learning to drive, and the time I rolled my dad's work van and almost killed all of us. CORRECTION: First car was a Mitsubishi Cordia (Not a 626. Mazda had a 626.) http://www.thelastsymptom.com Join our online community at thelastsymptom.locals.com #campfirestory #crash #wreck #collision #drivingpermit #neardeathexperience #miracle #coincidence #learningtodrive #emotionalhealth

The Last Symptom podcast S4 Ep 31: Acceptance at the Piggly Wiggly and everywhere else. How The Law of Individual Inherent Rights Responsibility & Authority and Acceptance go hand in hand. Really perceiving people as people, rather than as possessions. Planting seeds by asking questions. Being content within our own circles in the sand. Laying things out for those who might want it. Ongoing censorship. http://www.thelastsymptom.com Join our online community at thelastsymptom.locals.com #responsibility #authority #individual #acceptance #perceptions #possessions #beingcontent #freewill #respect #emotionaldisorders #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #bpd #emotionallyunstablepersonalitydisorder #eupd #cure #thelastsymptom #brianbarnett #censorship

From a livestream in the woods: The simple reason nobody can make you mad. The therapist who is always late. Breakfast vs. Dinner vs. Supper vs. Lunch vs. Tea. Beware of getting caught up in believing you're reading minds. "Favorite Person." Nearly burning my tush. http://www.thelastsymptom.com Join our online community at thelastsymptom.locals.com #mad #latetherapist #breakfast #dinner #supper #lunch #tea #mindreading #favoriteperson #burntbutt #campfire #livestreamwoods #emotionaldisorders #emotionalabuse #emotionalhealth #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #bpd #emotionallyunstablepersonalitydisroder #eupd #cure #thelastsymptom #brianbarnett

Movies are good for more than just entertainment. The joy of talking about enjoy. First impressions don't always represent the truth. http://www.thelastsymptom.com Join our online community at thelastsymptom.locals.com #joy #enjoy #firstimpressions #truth #fathersanddaughters #movies #entertainment #truths #fiction #truthinfiction #emotionaldisorders #emotionalhealth #emotionalabuse #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #bpd #emotionallyunstablepersonalitydisorder #eupd #cure #thelastsymptom #brianbarnett

Courage isn't required to talk about things that you're not ashamed of, or that you don't view as 'wrong'. Shame is insidious, and can cause us to mistake the thing we really feel bad about. http://www.thelastsymptom.com Join our online community at thelastsymptom.locals.com. #courage #shame #emotionaldisorders #emotionalabuse #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #bpd #emotionallyunstablepersonalitydisorder #eupd #cure #thelastsymptom #brianbarnett

The real issue is not finding motivation. The real issue is finding SUSTAINABLE motivation. http://www.thelastsymptom.com Join our online community at thelastsymptom.locals.com #motivation #sustainablemotivation #lasting #appalachianwoods #campfire #palavering #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #bpd #emotionallyunstablepersonalitydisorder #eupd #cure #thelastsymptom #brianbarnett

Inherent worth. Body shape, skin tone, age, don't affect things like human worth. Maybe you never stopped to think about it, but people and cars are different. Milk mustaches, beards, fathers and daughters. http://www.thelastsymptom.com Join our online community at thelastsymptom.locals.com #inherentworth #humanworth #humanvalue #bodyshape #skintone #age #people #milkmustache #beards #fathersanddaughters #emotionalabuse #emotionaldisorders #emotionalhealth #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #bpd #emotionallyunstablepersonalitydisorder #eupd #cure #thelastsymptom #brianbarnett

One of my favorite memories as a teenager was when my mentor, Dave (the ol' Cherokee), used to knit while watching movies and drinking bourbon with me and Jordan. It relaxed him and made for some great conversation. At the end of Dave's life, I had spent a month with him in Hospice. He had taken a throw blanket with him from home, and I ended up sleeping under that blanket every night while we were there. After he died, his widow, Judy, told me the blanket was mine and that I could take it home with me, which I did. Not a day has gone by that I haven't used it since I inherited it. Tonight, I sewed up some holes in that throw blanket, while watching scary movies and drinking bourbon. It was very calming, especially with the door open and the rain falling outside. (The rain you'll hear in the video is not coming from the tv.) Of course it made me think of my old mentor and miss him. I was practically channeling him. Enjoy!

Do you ever feel the wrong thing? Is that possible? This unhealthy belief is born when emotionally-unhealthy people can't distinguish between the fundamental differences in nature between thoughts, feelings, and actions. http://www.thelastsymptom.com Join our online community at thelastsymptom.locals.com #feelings #emotions #thoughts #actions #behaviors #emotionaldisorders #emotionalabuse #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #bpd #emotionallyunstablepersonalitydisorder #eupd #cure #thelastsymptom #brianbarnett

People like to think they're perfectly able to add 2+2 and come up with the right answer. But then why don't more people do it when it comes to things in real life? A brief discussion about fake, unhealthy, abusive 'love' and a little term that gets thrown around a lot these days, but that not too many people care to make honest, SELF-evaluations about: Cognitive Dissonance. http://www.thelastsymptom.com Join our online community at thelastsymptom.locals.com #fake #unhealthy #love #cognitivedissonance #abusiverelationship #unhealthyrelationships #toxicrelationships #selfevaluations #honesty #emotionalabuse #emotionaldisorders #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #bpd #emotionallyunstablepersonalitydisorder #eupd #cure #thelastsymptom #brianbarnett

The Law of Genuine Attitude Reflection tells us the truth, every time, just like a perfectly-working mirror, no exceptions. A story about a man painting a house jumping off a tall ladder in public and acting ridiculous, and what this teaches us. http://www.thelastsymptom.com Join our online community at thelastsymptom.locals.com #attitude #selflove #selfhate #attitudereflection #lawofgenuineattitudereflection #mirror #lookinginthemirror #painter #ladder #jumpingoffladder #unhealthyattitudes #emotionalabuse #selfworth #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #bpd #emotionallyunstablepersonalitydisorder #eupd #cure #thelastsymptom #brianbarnett

The emptiness some feel so strongly is not really there. You've been complete and whole the entire time. The emptiness is imaginary. http://www.thelastsymptom.com Join our online community at thelastsymptom.locals.com #emptiness #void #selfworth #purpose #emotionalabuse #emotionaldisorders #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #bpd #emotionallyunstablepersonalitydisorder #eupd #cure #thelastsymptom #brianbarnett

The most annoying gal in school is Savannah. What she teaches us about real life - the good, the bad - and how to learn to view these types of environments and manage ourselves within them. My inherent rights, responsibilities, and authority over my daughter are already 1/3rd of the way to their end. Also, my 6-year-old daughter doesn't look like a clown, but she does love butterfly soup. http://www.thelastsymptom.com Join our online community at thelastsymptom.locals.com #annoying #girl #school #reallife #rights #responsibilities #authority #physical #mental #emotional #spiritual #children #fathersanddaughters #butterflysoup #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #bpd #emotionallyunstablepersonalitydisorder #eupd #cure #emotionalabuse #emotionaldisorders #thelastsymptom #brianbarnett

The two different types of observing a person, constructive and non-constructive. The benefits of observing the unhealthy world and learning from the pains they suffer. Unhappy people pretending to be happy. The enablers of Hollywood. Actor Will Smith and the two distinct groups of people his actions at the Oscars have made evident. A real-life look at Cognitive Dissonance. The only apologies that matter. No new show next week, but will return the following week. http://www.thelastsymptom.com Join our online community at thelastsymptom.locals.com #willsmith #actorwillsmith #academyawards #oscars #oscarslap #chrisrock #unhappypeople #enablers # hollywood #unhealthypeople #cognitivedissonance #observing #consequences #emotionalabuse #emotionalhealth #assault #physicalassault #emotional #physical #emotionaldisorders #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #bpd #emotionallyunstablepersonalitydisorder #eupd #cure #thelastsymptom #brianbarnett

Some people ask: How do you reach the conclusion that people who don't believe in INHERENT worth for people automatically believe themselves to be *worthless*, whether they realize this about themselves or not? I explain it here. For a much more in-depth explanation, see The Last Symptom podcast S4 Ep Ep 23. thelastsymptom.locals.com Join our online community at thelastsymptom.locals.com #inherentworth #humanworth #worthless #withoutworth #emotionaldisorders #emotionalabuse #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #bpd #emotionallyunstablepersonalitydisorder #eupd #cure #thelastsymptom #brianbarnett #iphone #irrelevant #shameful #devoidofworth

The Last Symptom podcast S4 Ep 29: The Blind-Faith AMNESIA Effect. Life’s most-important WORDS. Michael Crichton. The Last Symptom Watch Party. Appalachia, and an intimate look inside. Prejudice. Stereotypes. My list of most important words to ruminate over reg-yoo-lar-lar-lee to have the upper hand on life. http://www.thelastsymptom.com Join our online community at thelastsymptom.locals.com #words #blindfaith #blindfaithamnesia #amnesia #michaelcrichton #watchparty #appalachia #appalachiaculture #americanindian #racism #prejudice #dignity #emotions #feelings #modesty #should #meekness #time #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #bpd #emotionallyunstablepersonalitydisorder #eupd #cure #emotionalabuse #thelastsymptom #brianbarnett

A lot of things in authentic and permanent recovery are counterintuitive. One is the idea that fixing everything we hate about ourselves is NOT the answer to being able to love ourselves in a genuine way. http://www.thelastsymptom.com Join our online community at thelastsymptom.locals.com #hate #personalitytraits #selflove #selfhate #counterintuitive #emotionalhealth #emotionaldisorder #truerecovery #permanentrecovery #emotionalabuse #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #bpd #emotionallyunstablepersonalitydisorder #eupd #cure #thelastsymptom #brianbarnett #fixingoneself #selfimprovement #emotionalpain