The only way to put things right, or to bring things back into balance. Also, what makes a perfect parent?    http://www.thelastsymptom.com   Join our online community at thelastsymptom.locals.com, or by downloading the Locals.com app from the App Store and searching for The Last Symptom by Brian Barnett.    #balance #recompense #makeamends #parents #children #abuse #harm #qualifications #conditions #forgiveness #selfforgiveness #apology #emotionalhealth #emotionaldisorders #mentalhealth #cure #completerecovery #truerecovery #thelastsymptom #brianbarnett ..read more

Part 2 of 2. The previous episode ended with Jay telling about the overdose death of his identical twin brother on fentanyl. In this episode we dive deeper into a discussion about feelings, family, cause & effect, enabling, and more. Some irreverent humor, and a technical glitch that allowed my daughter's online 2nd grade class to hear a lot of stuff they shouldn't have heard.   http://www.thelastsymptom.com   Join our online community at thelastsymptom.locals.com, or by downloading the Locals.com app from the App Store and searching for The Last Symptom by Brian Barnett.   ..read more

A very frank discussion with my cousin Jay. The chaotic childhood he had, his experiences with divorce, drugs, death, jail, the law, and particularly the overdose death of his identical twin brother, Jarod. Part 1 of 2.    http://www.thelastsymptom.com   Join our online community at thelastsymptom.locals.com, or download the Locals.com app from the App Store and search for The Last Symptom by Brian Barnett.    #drugs #heroin #fentanyl #marijuana #beer #children #stealing #robbery #prison #jail #brokenfamilies #parenting #difficultlife #appalachia #appalachian #overdose ..read more

Happiness, empathy, love and other good things fail to happen because they are obstructed. Lessons from John Muir - nobody knows a thing as intimately and fully as those who have lived it. Abusive people do not want to know things about you out of genuine interest in you. Facts and implications - one isn't as valuable without the other.    http://www.thelastsymptom.com   Join our online community at thelastsymptom.locals.com, or download the Locals.com app from the App Store and search for The Last Symptom by Brian Barnett.    #happiness #obstruction #contentment #natu ..read more

We all have many multiple versions of ourselves within us. All of them younger. How do we deal with all those versions of ourselves? The healthy among us do it well, the unhealthy do it poorly. But we can all do it healthfully, so what are we waiting for? Let's do a follow up discussion to Gabby Petito and Brian Laundry. Also, the most important thing you should always keep in mind about all people... is that they are people. Those who put off the most airs of intelligence are the ones who seem to forget this the easiest and the most quickly.    http://www.thelastsymptom.com   J ..read more

How long did it take me personally to go from believing I had no inherent value to believing I have inherent value? The Observer Effect and what you should know about it in your recovery. Women worry unnecessarily about things. My dog Tipi.    http://www.thelastsymptom.com   Join our online community at thelastsymptom.locals.com, or download the Locals.com app from the App Store and search for The Last Symptom by Brian Barnett.    #theobservereffect #observereffect #townsend #inherentworth #inherentvalue #individualworth #humanvalue #emotionalteachers #emotionaleducati ..read more

The Narrative - what it is, why it exists, how it behaves. A figurative bowl of cereal. Needs are different than wants. How we feel about people does not determine their goodness.    http://www.thelastsymptom.com   Join our online community at thelastsymptom.locals.com, or download the Locals.com app from the App Store and search for The Last Symptom by Brian Barnett.    #family #lying #narratives #needs #wants #children #parents #badpeople #goodpeople #feelings #emotions #dependence #independence #emotionalhealth #emotionalhealth #emotionaldisorders #cure #completerec ..read more

Are you depressed or feeling down this time of year (holiday season)? Let's talk about that. While we're at it, let's talk about how you can tell you're not really happy even when you believe you are. http://www.thelastsymptom.com Join our online community at thelastsymptom.locals.com, or download the Locals.com app from the App Store and search for The Last Symptom by. Brian Barnett. #depression #depressed #hollidays #happy #contentment #family #relatives #rosetta #rosettastone #emotionalhealth #emotionaldisorders #thelastsymptom #brianbarnett ..read more

Announcing weekly livestreams, exclusively for The Last Symptom Locals community. Relationships, Empathy, Intimacy, Love! How about this absurd obsession with relationships by people who can't even tolerate their own selves?? What will a romantic, committed relationship be like between a person with an emotional disorder and a healthy person? You might as well be asking what would happen if a person fired lava from their eyeballs - it can't happen. Campfire story: The time Jordan let me do all the work. Also, the man who fell asleep in 1921 and woke up in 3906.    http://www.thelasts ..read more

When to never make decisions. Charles Hew Crooks and the airplane. Looking back and wishing you had known things sooner, while understandable, is not constructive. Things played out exactly as they have had to play out for you to get better. What makes a good parent. Poem: They Are Everywhere. Also, I teach you a trick for cracking eggs.    http://www.thelastsymptom.com   Join our online community at thelastsymptom.locals.com, or download the Locals.com app from the App Store and search for The Last Symptom by Brian Barnett.    #decisionmaking #unhealthypeople #regrets ..read more