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The Last Symptom by Brian Barnett

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Complete and permanent recovery from emotional disorders. Insights on emotional health by Brian Barnett, who authentically rid himself of Borderline Personality Disorder over the course of 7 years, after having lived with it, unaware, for the first thirty-five years of his life. New episodes Thursdays.
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Episodes

S7 Ep 1: Your Looks

https://www.thelastsymptom.com Join our online community at thelastsymptom.Locals.com, or by downloading the Locals.com app and searching for The Last Symptom by Brian Barnett within. Exclusive livestreams there on Mondays.

Apr 11, 20251 hr 6 minSeason 7Ep. 1

S6 Ep 18 Season Finale: The Law of Hate

Special Season 6 Finale: Laws and principles of emotional health to get you through the holidays. Some reminders, and some new information: The Law of Hate. The two types of allowing yourself to be wronged - the healthy one and the unhealthy one. More about inherent value and commercial value and their effects. 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 within. Livestreams the...

Dec 03, 20241 hr 16 minSeason 6Ep. 18

S6 Ep 17: Let's Talk About Cults

Let's hear from the experts about what a cult is, and compare what they have to say with my approach with The Last Symptom. A discussion about why censorship is stupid. Another reminder to be careful with "Health Coaches". Always ask yourself, "Is there any substance here? Or is this just emotional gloopity glop?" An update on how The Last Symptom book is progressing. Get your copy of The Apple Tower: Complete Collection on Amazon in either paperback or electronic format. https://www.thelastsymp...

Oct 11, 202458 minSeason 6Ep. 17

S6 Ep 16: The Epiphany Episode

Upcoming Last Symptom book announcement. What is true or not. Where value originates. The origin of all motive. Get The Apple Tower book in the US here: The Apple Tower: Complete Collection https://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 within. Livestreams there on Mondays....

Sep 06, 20241 hr 5 minSeason 6Ep. 16

S6 Ep 15: What 100% Healthy Means

Am I 100% emotionally healthy? Is anybody? Can you be? Why or why not? My new book - not directly related to my work with The Last Symptom - available for purchase in both paperback and Kindle: The Apple Tower: Complete Collection. I'll explain why I'm presenting it here and how this graphic comic strip work supports my work with The Last Symptom and how it is related to my emotional health history. Modesty and what it means for you as a human being. The reason specific diagnosis, and the specif...

Aug 16, 20241 hr 4 minSeason 6Ep. 15

S6 Ep 14: For Kids & Parents

A special episode for the kids, and also for parents who are interested in my parenting style. My 9-year-old daughter, Eloise, shares some of her insights about life, relationships, feelings, and other things. https://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 within. Livestreams there on Mondays. #relationships #parenting #children #kids #families #psyc...

Aug 02, 202455 minSeason 6Ep. 14

Orange Slice 401: Conversations I Absolutely Will Not Have

Taken from The Last Symptom podcast S5 Ep 7 https://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 within. Livestreams there on Mondays. #relationships #genuineness #genuine #disingenuous #intellectualhonesty #intellectualdishonesty #emotionalhonesty #emotionaldishonesty #denial #acceptance #psychology #mentalhealth #personalitydisorders #emotionalhealth #em...

Jul 31, 20244 min

S6 Ep 13 Special: How to Love Yourself for Real

The Last Symptom website: https://www.thelastsymptom.com The Last Symptom exclusive online community: https://thelastsymptom.locals.com (Livestreams here on Mondays) YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAZlwS8utF296RgFcvgqQnA Rumble Channel: https://rumble.com/c/TheLastSymptom...

Jul 12, 20241 hr 8 minSeason 6Ep. 13

Orange Slice 400: The Reason Denial Makes Reason Impossible

Taken from The Last Symptom podcast S5 Ep 7. https://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 within. Livestreams there on Mondays. #innerpeace #contentment #relationships #disingenuous #denial #acceptance #feelings #emotions #genuineness #emotionaldishonesty #intellectualdishonesty #psychology #personalitydisorders #mentalhealth #emotionalhealth #emot...

Jul 09, 20245 min

Orange Slice 399: Don't Waste Time on Disingenuous People

One important way to maintain your inner peace and contentment is to not get pulled into conversations that are a big ol' pointless waste of time. Taken from The Last Symptom podcast S5 Ep 7. https://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 within. Livestreams there on Mondays. #innerpeace #contentment #relationships #disingenuous #denial #acceptance #...

Jul 02, 20248 min

Orange Slice 398: Legitimizing Things You Shouldn't Robs You of Peace

Taken from The Last Symptom podcast S5 Ep 7. Orange Slices are condensed insights taken from The Last Symptom podcast that have until now only appeared on Locals, YouTube & Rumble. Starting with this episode, I will also begin publishing the audio here. 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 within. Livestreams there on Mondays. #disingenu...

Jun 28, 20249 min

S6 Ep 12 SPECIAL: The Origin of Your Shame

https://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 within. Livestreams there on Mondays. #shame #guilt #emotionalhealth #emotionaldisorders #distinctions #mentalhealth #mentalillness #relationships #personalitydisorders #cure #recovery #completerecovery #truerecovery #fullrecovery #truerecovery #authenticrecovery #selfworth #inherentworth #individuality ...

Jun 06, 20241 hr 1 minSeason 6Ep. 12

S6 Ep 11: A Parenting Story

A life lesson learned from fishing. A parenting story about make-or-break moments in time. Parenting attitudes. Allowing yourself and others to be human, and some of what that means. Why judging others is a big mistake. 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 within. Livestreams there on Mondays. #parenting #relationships #children #attitudes #...

May 11, 202429 minSeason 6Ep. 11

S6 Ep 10: Stop Reveling in Sadness

Trying to figure out how to 'deal' with other people is a problem. There's no difference between total strangers and people we are in relationships with. Stop reveling in sadness. Do you view life as happening 'to' you? Or do you view the majority of things in your personal life as something you are responsible for? Power over how you think. Examples of Passive-Aggressive Communication-Behavior Style. The Last Symptom Fundamentals Course now available to purchase chapter by chapter. http://www.t...

Apr 20, 20241 hr 11 minSeason 6Ep. 10

S6 Ep 9: A Blueprint for Real Recovery

I interview special guest 'Ava' in this episode, who has really set an excellent example of what authentic recovery from emotional disorders looks like, the natural way people behave when they are truly motivated and invested in getting healthy. Here, she talks about her attitude, the specifics of her efforts, the challenges she faces, how she overcomes them, and her optimism. I think many of you will really enjoy this one. http://www.thelastsymptom.com Join our online community at thelastsympto...

Mar 08, 20241 hr 11 minSeason 6Ep. 9

S6 Ep 8: There's No Such Thing as a Healthy Marriage

There's no such thing as healthy or unhealthy relationships, no such thing as healthy or unhealthy marriages, and marriage counseling is an inherent obstruction to authentic recovery that is built entirely on a lie. In this episode we talk in depth about Love, and we ask 'Why'? Why does Love behave as it does? http://www.thelastsymptom.com Join our online community at thelastsymptom.locals.com, or by downloading the Locals.com app from the App Store and search for The Last Symptom by Brian Barne...

Feb 17, 20241 hr 25 minSeason 6Ep. 8

S6 Ep 7: How Abuse Begins

An exception to always siding with your spouse. How to know if something is abuse or not. Placing importance on feelings themselves, not on whether the feelings are "right" or not. 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 within. Exclusive livestreams there on Mondays. #relationships #wife #husband #abuse #feelings #emotions #communication #men...

Jan 27, 20241 hr 2 minSeason 6Ep. 7

S6 Ep 6: A Hard Thing You Must Be Willing To Do

John & Julian Lennon. Dancing along with the unhealthy crowd. Does the risk of making people angry control you? Who gets priority: Mother or Wife? Inner peace & good health are the same thing. 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 within. Exclusive livestreams there on Mondays. #relationships #wives #husbands #mothers #piedpiper #abusers #john...

Jan 14, 20241 hr 6 minSeason 6Ep. 6

S6 Ep 5: What Having Inherent Worth Does NOT Mean

An important discussion about what your inherent worth does not mean. What do healthy people use to make decisions in their lives if it's not their feelings? The really simple formula for determining if something is a fair and reasonable expectation to have for others, and for self. 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 within. Exclusive live...

Dec 23, 20231 hr 1 minSeason 6Ep. 5

S6 Ep 4: The Qualification for Viewing Your Failures Positively

The qualification that must be met in order to view your failures positively. Every battle is won before it's fought. How to have a conversation with unhealthy people. "Nobody has a right to tell me what to do." Campfire stories. 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. Exclusive livestreams there every Monday. #relationships #emotionaldisorder...

Dec 08, 20231 hr 15 minSeason 6Ep. 4

S6 Ep 3: Laws & Principles of Emotional Health

Expanding on the topic of there not being lots of different "types" of people. Actor Will Smith & family. More about how important it is to make distinctions. A review and summary of some of the primary Laws & Principles of Emotional Health. (This is not an exhaustive list here.) What to do when people continue to test boundaries: When consequences should simply happen without warning. http://www.thelastsymptom.com Join our online community at thelastsymptom.locals.com, or by downloading...

Nov 17, 20231 hr 12 minSeason 6Ep. 3

S6 Ep 2: The Law of Genuine Attitude Reflection. Dissociation.

The Law of Genuine Attitude Reflection. Dissociation. Shaming others for differences in preferences - Why? The Behavior Panel on YouTube. Jada Pinkett Smith, the gift to the world of emotional disorder analysis that keeps on giving. The Behavior Panel episode: https://youtu.be/1VgFdHix-xI?si=jwLnOLAl3PVS97ac 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 within. Exclusive livestreams there...

Oct 27, 20231 hrSeason 6Ep. 2

S6 Ep 1: Never Cooperate with Unhealth

Never cooperate with, or acquiesce, to emotional disorders and emotional unhealth and the reasons why. How to always push back against anything that is emotionally unhealthy. Real-life examples. The Calm-Assertive Communication-Behavior Style, although healthy and powerful, has a kryptonite. We discuss what it is, and how to beat it. 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 Symp...

Oct 13, 20231 hr 2 minSeason 6Ep. 1

S5 Ep 27: Season Finale. Perceptions.

You're underestimating just how powerful perceptions are. Destroying narratives - the nature of the job and why you must do it. A season-end review of the topics we covered in Season 5. A few, brief, overdue campfire stories. 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 within. Exclusive livestreams there every Monday. #perceptions #perspectives #narratives ...

Aug 25, 20231 hr 6 minSeason 5Ep. 27

S5 Ep 26: Resentment

Resentment. Black & White Thinking Vs. Black & White Realities. "Shoulds" and "Should Nots". 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 within. Exclusive livestreams every Monday. #resentment #blackandwhitethinking #shoulds #shouldnots #relationships #perfection #imperfection #emotionalhealth #emotionaldisorders #mentalhealth #borderlinepe...

Aug 11, 20231 hr 2 minSeason 5Ep. 26

S5 Ep 25 Special: When Struggle is Good, and Help is Not

A brief, but extremely important episode. Struggle. Enabling. God. The ways that emotional health and spiritual health follow the exact same patterns. The reasons God can't help you in certain scenarios and what you may need to do first before he can act. The things discussed here do not only apply to God, but to the way we view and interact with ourselves and also others. http://www.thelastsymptom.com Join our online community at thelastsymptom.locals.com or by downloading the Locals.com app fr...

Jul 27, 202326 minSeason 5Ep. 25

S5 Ep 24: Forgiveness

Forgiveness. Letting go of resentment. Allowing somebody back into your good graces. Settling debts. Compensation. Vacuums, negative space. The Law of Enabling. Acceptance. Denial. Emotional rebellion. Five circumstances when you cannot healthfully forgive a person without consequences and conditions. The Fictional World of Shoulds. The solution to almost everything is thinking differently and just how powerful that is. Every relationship is a contract, or an agreement people enter into. The mos...

Jul 08, 20231 hr 10 minSeason 5Ep. 24

S5 Ep 23: What We Are, What We Feel, What We Do

One thing separating unhealthy people from healthy people is their failure to make important distinctions in everyday life, with sometimes subtle, but extremely important things - for example, when it comes to the identities we live with about ourselves. In this episode, we discuss the nature of such distinctions, and the dramatic, powerful effects the failure to make these distinctions can have on one's life. Also, you parents living with an unhealthy partner, not only are your children not doo...

Jun 17, 20231 hr 2 minSeason 5Ep. 23

S5 Ep 22: Entropy, Spacial Disorientation & You

A really important episode. What does entropy and 'spacial disorientation' have to do with emotional health? Listen to learn more. Also, are you exploiting patterns and cycles? If not, now might be a good time to start. http://www.thelastsymptom.com Join our online community exclusively at thelastsymptom.locals.com, or by downloading the Locals.com app from the App Store and searching for The Last Symptom by Brian Barnett. Livestreams every Monday within the group. #entropy #spacialdisorientatio...

May 26, 20231 hrSeason 5Ep. 22

S5 Ep 21: Silverback Gorilla & Honeybee Lessons

What we can learn about emotional health by studying silverback gorillas and honeybees: The power of not minding, and your individual value as a person. 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. #patience #indifference #attitude #perspectives #caring #notcaring #thinking #psychology #gorillas #honeybees #inherentworth #valuesystems #individuality #divers...

May 12, 202343 minSeason 5Ep. 21
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