What Paul Conti has said about Intrusive thoughts

1 quote · 1 episode · May 4, 2026

Paul Conti, Psychiatrist quoted on psilocybin and the unconscious mind, has been quoted on Intrusive thoughts once in 1 episode of Huberman Lab, most recently on May 4, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Conti argues intrusive thoughts always carry meaning and must first be recognized, with strategies ranging from redirection to medication.
“there is a meaning to intrusive thoughts. There always is. So we want to recognize them. We want to look for that meaning”
Huberman Lab: Tools to Bolster Your Mental Health & Confidence | Dr. Paul Conti (May 4, 2026) · Listen from 1:29:24

Episodes

Tools to Bolster Your Mental Health & Confidence | Dr. Paul Conti
Huberman Lab · May 4, 2026 · 2 h 10 min
Andrew Huberman and psychiatrist Paul Conti discuss self-reflection, agency, behavior change, trauma, intrusive thoughts, and happiness, drawing on Conti's book What's Going Right?

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