Class 058 – Three “Rs” of Metapsychiatry – Track 2: The importance of giving patient a sense of security—Existential anxiety—Viewing self-confirmatory tendencies with compassion—Losing interest in boastfulness, bragging, desire to be liked—The three “Ps”: pampering, praise, persecution—Fear of being ignored—The three “Rs” of Metapsychiatry: recognition, regret, reformation—Three steps in healing—Definition of “recognition”—Healing of breathing problem and inability to smell—Definition of “regret”—Reformation of thought habits—Translation of thought to symptom to thought—Knowing what is valid—Changed behavior does not indicate healing—Resistance to thoughts vs. losing interest—How do we lose interest?—Incurability of desire to be pampered and praised—Overeating as a form of pampering—Persecution as the flip side of pampering and praise—Behavior problem is a mental (thought) problem—Feeling good and persecution as self-confirmation—Being a beneficial presence vs. self-confirmation.