Dec 30, 2018
In this episode, I explain how I used Harry Potter to help a client deal with her suicidal urges. Please note that my area of expertise is compulsive and binge eating, not suicide – so take everything you hear as anecdote, rather than expert advice. In addition, my client has never attempted to take her own life – we are talking about passive suicidal ideation (i.e. dealing with thoughts such as ‘I don’t want to be here anymore’ rather than any active intention to end her life).
4 min 30: HOW TO CHANNEL SUICIDAL URGES USING THE DEATHLY HALLOWS
I talk about the work I did with my client around safely channelling and releasing her desire to die via the 3 chapters The Forest Again, King’s Cross and The Flaw In The Plan from Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows.
This is all about the power of imagination instead of well-worn clichés that try and fail to appeal to logic. Sharing Harry’s terror and hopelessness then return to Hogwarts allowed Sophie to connect with her desire to live and resilience.
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20 min 16: THE 5 QUESTIONS TO REFRAME THE DESIRE TO DIE
Q1: Can you translate this desire?
Q2: What in your life must die?
Q3 relates to expressing suicidal urges
Q4: Have you met Cavebrain, your secret superpower?
CONCLUSION
What to do at the end of this podcast
RESOURCES
Suicide Prevention Help:
UK – The Samaritans
Tel: 116 123
In The USA:
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
Tel 1-800—273-8255
Karla McLaren – The Language of Emotions
Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows – if you are not already a member of Audible, you can get this audiobook free. Go to http://www.audibletrial.com/EatingCoach and you can help support the show.
James Altucher’s article :
https://jamesaltucher.com/blog/i-want-to-die/
Matthew Hussey
The Eating Coach episodes on Cavebrain: http://www.theshiftinside.com/audio-why-cant-i-stop-stress-eating-ask-your-cavebrain/
http://www.theshiftinside.com/how-to-stop-stress-eating-part-2/
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