Dallas Bragg explains why accepting a troubling part of yourself isn't the same as approving of it. Acceptance means acknowledging what's there so you can reject it. Many people confuse the two, but the distinction matters in therapy.
It feels counterintuitive, I'm sure, to say, I'm going to accept the part that likes to look at little boys. Well, that's not what this is. Right. Good. Yeah.
And there's a difference. I immediately bring up the opportunity to say there's a difference between acceptance and approval.
Yeah.
You're not, you're not approving of that part of you. You accept its existence. Right. Okay. And you have, you have every right to not approve of it. There are parts To all people we don't approve of and wish we didn't have.
Yep. Exactly. Exactly right.
That would be, that would be your particular acceptance approval paradigm.
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. Acceptance and approval. Just because you accept it doesn't mean you approve of it. Correct.
And they're often confused as the same.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So this is big work, guys. This is big, big work for you.
