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Chronic lying is a pervasive issue that harms our brains and relationships, potentially leading to serious health problems like Alzheimer's. A lie requires knowledge of its falsehood, and the motivations behind lying often stem from emotional desperation rather than external gain. The cycle of lying can create isolation and anxiety. The solution lies in practicing Compassionate Truth, which involves acknowledging feelings and sharing honest perspectives gently. I've developed a program combining psychology and art to help individuals express their true selves and heal from the wounds that drive deception.

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The most glorified and encouraged mental illness millions are suffering: Chronic Lying. It's literally destroying your brain, relationships, and even causing Alzheimer's. Here's the science behind humanity's favorite addiction: 🧵

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First, let's be clear what lying actually is. A lie isn't just an untruth. For centuries, people taught their children the earth was the center of the universe. That wasn't a lie—they believed it. For something to be a lie, you must KNOW it's false.

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In the 5th century B.C., Herodotus revealed something profound about the Persians. They taught their children only 3 things: • Ride a horse • Draw a bow • Tell the truth Why? Here's Herodotus' exact words...

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"The most disgraceful thing in the world [the Persians] think is to tell a lie; the next worst, to owe a debt: because, among other reasons, the debtor is obliged to tell lies." They understood what modern psychology is just discovering:

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The first victim of lying is always the liar. We don't lie for the reasons you think. After 40 years studying human behavior, I've learned lying doesn't come from strength or strategy. It comes from weakness. And the real motivation? It's not what you'd expect...

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Lying is NOT motivated by external gain. It's motivated by internal, emotional desperation. Most lies are told to: • Attract attention • Gain sympathy • Earn admiration • Alleviate feelings of abandonment We lie to fill the void inside us. Jordan Peterson said it best:

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"One way to increase the probability that things will unfold for you properly is to is to not lie. Just stop lying. Stop saying things you believe to be untrue. Stop doing things you know to be wrong. Just start with that. You'll get closer and closer to the truth. And the truth is the truth is the adventure of life. That's the advantage to the truth. You have the world on your side, because if you're lying about things, you're opposing reality. Who are you? Who are you to oppose reality? Good luck."

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Speaker 0: One way to increase the probability that things will unfold for you properly is to is to not lie. Just stop lying. Stop saying things you believe to be untrue. Stop doing things you know to be wrong. Just start with that. You'll get closer and closer to the truth. And the truth is the truth is the adventure of life. That's the advantage to the truth. You have the world on your side, because if you're lying about things, you're opposing reality. Who are you? Who are you to oppose reality? Good luck.

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Even "polite" lies destroy us. "You look great in that dress" seems harmless. But research shows chronic lying is linked to: • Alzheimer's disease • Diabetes • Heart disease • Accelerated aging Your body keeps score of every deception.

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Why? Because lying creates cognitive dissonance. Your brain must maintain two realities: • What you know is true • What you pretend is true This constant mental gymnastics exhausts your prefrontal cortex. The result? Chronic stress that literally shrinks your brain...

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If you say the truth and and nothing else, you'll have an immense adventure as a consequence. You won't know what's going to happen to you. And you have to let go of your clinging to the to the outcome. You have to let go. But the truth will reveal the world the way it's intended to be revealed and the consequence for you will be that you'll have the adventure of your life. And the other part of that ethos is this, and it makes perfect sense to me. I can't see how it can be any other way, which is that whatever makes itself manifest as a consequence of the truth is the best possible reality that could be manifest even if you can't see it.

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Speaker 0: If you say the truth and and nothing else, you'll have an immense adventure as a consequence. You won't know what's going to happen to you. And you have to let go of your clinging to the to the outcome. You have to let go. But the truth will reveal the world the way it's intended to be revealed and the consequence for you will be that you'll have the adventure of your life. And the other part of that ethos is this, and it makes perfect sense to me. I can't see how it can be any other way, which is that whatever makes itself manifest as a consequence of the truth is the best possible reality that could be manifest even if you can't see it.

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Here's the psychological pattern I see constantly: Childhood abandonment → Fear of rejection → Chronic lying → More isolation We lie to avoid rejection. But lying guarantees it. The very thing we fear, we create.

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The solution isn't brutal honesty. It's Compassionate Truth. There's a way to be truthful without being hurtful: • "I see it differently" • "That's not my favorite on you" • "Let me share my perspective" Here's the framework that changes everything:

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The Compassionate Truth Formula: 1. PAUSE before speaking 2. ACKNOWLEDGE their feelings first 3. SHARE your truth using "I" statements 4. OFFER something positive/helpful Example: "I can see you love that dress. It's not my personal favorite, but that blue one makes your eyes absolutely glow."

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The magic happens in the delivery: • Soften your voice tone • Make eye contact with warmth • Touch their arm if appropriate • Follow difficult truths with support Remember: People forget what you said but remember how you made them feel.

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"Most of the things that we regard as psychiatric disorders are positive feedback loops that have gone out of control." "So for example, let's say your mood starts to fall, and then you isolate. Right? And then you start performing worse at work." "Yeah. With with panic disorder, what happens is people get anxious. Right? But then they start to avoid and that makes their anxiety worse. And so then they're in a loop." "And with alcoholism, what happens to people is they start to see that if they drink it cures their hangover. Well, that's obviously that's gonna generate a positive feedback loop. And so many of the things that we see as conditions I think are positive feedback."

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Speaker 0: Most of the things that we regard as psychiatric disorders are positive feedback loops that have gone out of control. So for example, let's say your mood starts to fall, and then you isolate. Right? And then you start performing worse at work. Well, obviously, if your mood is low and you isolate and you're performing worse at work, your mood is going to get lower, and then you're gonna isolate more, and so it loops. Yeah. With with panic disorder, what happens is people get anxious. Right? But then they start to avoid and that makes their anxiety worse. And so then they're in a loop. And with alcoholism, what happens to people is they start to see that if they drink it cures their hangover. Well, that's obviously that's gonna generate a positive feedback loop. And so many of the things that we see as conditions I think are positive feedback.

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After decades of practice, here's what I know: Every lie you tell weakens your sense of self. Every truth you speak—even difficult ones—strengthens your core. The Persians knew: A society built on lies collapses from within. So does a psyche.

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If lying has become your default, you're not alone. It's a symptom of deeper anxiety—the fear of being truly seen. That's why I combine psychology with creative practices. Sometimes, truth emerges through art when words fail us. I can't help everyone, so I've created this: ↓

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ART is a 12-module guided practices combining neuroscience, art therapy & somatic healing to: • Build authentic self-expression • Uncover why you hide behind lie • Heal the wounds that drive deception Our enrollment closes in under 48 hours: https://offers.lorwenharrisnagle.com/anxiety-relief-transformation-course-sales-page

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Hi, I'm Lorwen Nagle. I've spent 40 years as a Harvard-trained psychologist, studying consciousness with the Dalai Lama, and helping thousands untangle their minds. Follow @Lorwen108 for threads on anxiety, mindfulness, and the science of inner peace. https://t.co/MiorELlwy7

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The most glorified and encouraged mental illness millions are suffering: Chronic Lying. It's literally destroying your brain, relationships, and even causing Alzheimer's. Here's the science behind humanity's favorite addiction: 🧵 https://t.co/go2LQc8MSx

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I am a Harvard-trained psychologist who traveled to Tibet after earning my Ph.D. to gain insights from the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan people. Through my experiences, I've learned valuable lessons about happiness, including the importance of gratitude, realistic goals, and community. Tibetans find joy in simplicity and nature, emphasizing wisdom over materialism. Even when I'm not in Tibet, these teachings guide my life. I believe true contentment comes from living authentically and practicing compassion.

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I'm a Harvard-trained psychologist When I finished my Ph.D, I traveled to Tibet to fulfill my dream of crossing the Himalayan mountains. After several years of working with the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan people, I've collected some timeless wisdom the West has forgotten. Here are the top 5 that will change your outlook on life: 🧵

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I worked for the Dalai Lama, advocating for Tibetans through Amnesty International. I also met my husband at Tibet House NYC, and a Rinpoche blessed our union in our backyard. The Tibetans have a special place in my heart. 5 valuable lessons they've taught me:

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1. In today's world, unhappiness often stems from: • FOMO • Materialism • Social comparison • Instant gratification Yet, these issues rarely surface among Tibetans, making their culture a case study for happiness.

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Speaker 0 articulates a core insight: happiness is not a goal or possession, but a side effect that arises rather than something to be pursued. They describe happiness as not a thing in itself; it comes upon you as an outcome that emerges from other circumstances and inner states. The speaker further characterizes happiness as arriving like an act of grace, an unexpected gift rather than something earned or manufactured by effort alone. In this view, happiness is a secondary consequence that follows from how we live, rather than the primary target of our aims. This framing shifts attention from chasing happiness to cultivating the conditions, attitudes, and openness that allow that side effect to appear.

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Speaker 0: That I agree with profoundly, which is that happiness is a side effect. It's it's not it's not a thing in itself. It's something that comes upon you. It it's like an act of grace

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2. The antidote to our unhappiness epidemic lies in the Tibetan way of life: • Set realistic goals • Practice gratitude • Embrace uncertainty • Cultivate mindfulness • Align desires with values Tibetan culture is rich in compassion, mindfulness, and spiritual well-being.

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3. Tibetans find joy in: • A simpler lifestyle • Strong community bonds • A deep connection to nature Happiness does not have to be complex. Watch how this Tibetan family lives in the Himalayan mountains:

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4. Like going to the gym, we must consistently work on our mental muscles. • Gratitude • Realistic goals • Tolerance for uncertainty • Meditation with daily practice My time with the Tibetans taught me that true contentment lies in pursuing a life of purpose and authenticity.

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Speaker 0: Hi. There's a lot of people my age that struggle with anxiety and depression. If you had the ability to whisper in the ear an advice or a lesson to every single young person in the world, what would it be and why? Speaker 1: There's too much self centered attitude. Me. Me. Me. Me. Then anxiety. The antidote of self centered attitude, altruism. Very important factor for physical health. Now I'm 84 year old, but my mind, some of my friends used to express is quite young. Very young. So she's not nothing special. If I do much emphasis, I am Tibetan. I am Buddhist. I am Dalai Lama. Then then you yourself actually isolate by yourself, then more anxiety. So that automatically reduce anxiety, frustration. Thank you.

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Speaker 0: Hi. There's a lot of people my age that struggle with anxiety and depression. If you had the ability to whisper in the ear an advice or a lesson to every single young person in the world, what would it be and why? Speaker 1: There's too much self centered attitude. Me. Me. Me. Me. Then anxiety. The antidote of self centered attitude, altruism. Very important factor for physical health. Now I'm 84 year old, but my mind, some of my friends used to express is quite young. Very young. So she's not nothing special. If I do much emphasis, I am Tibetan. I am Buddhist. I am Dalai Lama. Then then you yourself actually isolate by yourself, then more anxiety. So that automatically reduce anxiety, frustration. Thank you.

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5. The Tibetans emphasize wisdom & community above all else. While European cultures have 3 centuries of tradition in modernism, the concept is new to the Tibetan people. In the shift toward self-awareness, they continue to honor the collective.

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There's three p's you gotta annihilate to stop learned helplessness in relationships, career, happiness, or health. Number one: you think the problem is permanent. After enough disappointment, your brain resists more disappointment. 'no problem is permanent, only your soul is permanent.' 'Nothing's forever. Everything changes, everything eventually ends, and something new begins.' Number two: the belief that the problem is pervasive: 'That means that because my relationship's not great, my whole life is horrible.' You're forgetting you do have friends or you do have a job or you do have whatever. 'I can breathe.' Number three: the problem is personal: 'There's something wrong with me.' If you start believing that, it becomes self fulfilling: 'You give up. See, I'm not good enough. I'm not beautiful enough. I'm not smart enough. I always screw it up.' So those three p's gotta be destroyed.

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Speaker 0: There's three p's that you gotta annihilate, crush, or destroy if they're getting in the way of your progress in a relationship or your career or your happiness or your health. These are the three p's that make learned helplessness. Number one, you think the problem is permanent. Once you've had enough disappointment, sometimes your brain doesn't want to get disappointed, so it's a permanent problem. Please write down no problem is permanent, only your soul is permanent. Nothing's forever. Everything changes, everything eventually ends, and something new begins. That's part of life. Those are the seasons of life. The second p that keeps people in learn helplessness so they don't change, this belief's gotta be annihilated, broken through, and that it's pervasive. That means that because my relationship's not great, my whole life is horrible. And you're forgetting you do have or you do have friends or you do have a job or you do have whatever. I can breathe. And the third one is we think the problem is personal. There's something wrong with me. And if you start believing that, it becomes self fulfilling. You give up. See, I'm not good enough. I'm not beautiful enough. I'm not smart enough. I always screw it up. So those three p's gotta be destroyed.

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In a world of chaos and materialism, the Tibetans remind us to slow down and experience true happiness from within.

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Even when I'm not physically in Tibet, the lessons I learned from the Tibetans will forever guide my journey. Let me leave you with this: “You are the sky. Everything else — it’s just the weather.” Practice gratitude. Live simply. Cultivate compassion.

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As a Ph.D. psychology grad from @UTAustin and a Postdoc at @Harvard, I have helped people unlock mental barriers for greater success. So if you feel lost, confused, or stressed out with your current life, schedule a free discovery call with me: https://calendly.com/lorwen_consulting/clarity-call-1

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@IamProHuman Thanks Brian. It was a powerful and memorable experience for sure.

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@GeniusGTX Thank you!

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@JanMion_ Yes. You bring up a good point. You must have healthy self boundaries and stay assertive.

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@TribalWords Thank you for these thoughtful words of encouragement and sincerity. I'm glad you benefited from my thread.

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I didn't pay hardly anything to attend Harvard. I was on fellowships. But your point is well taken. The knowledge I've learned in my life has not come from advanced degrees from UT Austin or Harvard. It has come from my lived experiences--one being able to work with HH Dalai Lama.

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@NeilWinward Thanks so much. Sorry if you received an auto DM. There's been a problem with my X acct. Thanks again.

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@JRCamp7 Yes. It's true. Overwork and burnout definitely add to human misery.

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@bourboncowboy21 Well thank you for commenting.

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@KirkConole No. Following my PhD at the University of Texas @ Austin, I was accepted to Carnegie Mellon Western Psychiatric Institute and Harvard/Mclean Hospital for my post-doctoral training in CBT.

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@BypassAI Thank you for your kind words.

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I explored the Skinner Box experiment, revealing how B.F. Skinner's theories suggest that human behavior is conditioned like that of rats, leading to a troubling view of free will and emotions. Despite its widespread adoption in various institutions, studies show a 70% failure rate in behavioral approaches. I propose a 5-step protocol to manage anxiety, emphasizing the importance of identifying triggers, breaking anxiety chains, replacing behaviors, engineering environments, and tracking progress. Ultimately, I believe that true transformation requires integrating both scientific methods and deeper human experiences.

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The most powerful experiment about the human mind: The Skinner Box. It's the true root cause why 97% of people are anxious, depressed and feel trapped in life... Here's how to tell if you're like this rat and a 5-step protocol to break free today: 🧵

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B.F. Skinner arrived just before WWII with a radical claim: Emotions and inner experience were irrelevant to science. To him, you had no free will—just programmed responses, listen to this:

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The child will feel free in both cases. In one case he's free to go and ask the teacher if this is good and the teacher says yes. In other case he's free to try something new and something interesting happens, but and he feels free. But actually he in one case, he is still under the control of personal approval, and the other case he has come under the control of all of the interesting things that happen in the world at large when you when you begin to explore it.

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Speaker 0: The child will feel free in both cases. In one case he's free to go and ask the teacher if this is good and the teacher says yes. In other case he's free to try something new and something interesting happens, but and he feels free. But actually he in one case, he is still under the control of personal approval, and the other case he has come under the control of all of the interesting things that happen in the world at large when you when you begin to explore it.

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So he created the Skinner Box. A controlled chamber where rats pressed levers for food pellets: - Every variable measured. - Every response recorded. - Punishment and reward precisely timed. His rats learned complex behaviors in days. Then he had a disturbing thought:

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Skinner believed that organisms are doing what they do naturally until they accidentally encounter a stimulus that creates conditioning, which results in a change in behavior. To test this, he placed a rat inside a operant conditioning chamber, which later became known as the Skinner Box. Inside the box was a lever that would release food when pressed. Conditioning happens in a three term contingency. Today known as the ABCs of behavior. A stands for antecedent. The rat accidentally hits the lever that triggers the release of food. B stands for behavior and refers to the response. The rat keeps pressing the lever. C stands for consequence. Food keeps coming out.

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Speaker 0: Thorndyke and later made famous by the work of BF Skinner. Skinner believed that organisms are doing what they do naturally until they accidentally encounter a stimulus that creates conditioning, which results in a change in behavior. To test this, he placed a rat inside an operant conditioning chamber, which later became known as the Skinner Box. Among other things, inside the box was a lever that would release food when pressed. Conditioning happens in a three term contingency. Today known as the ABCs of behavior. A stands for antecedent. The rat accidentally hits the lever that triggers the release of food. B stands for behavior and refers to the response. The rat keeps pressing the lever. C stands for consequence. Food keeps coming out.

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If rats could be programmed through rewards and punishment... Could humans? In 1944, Skinner puthis own infant daughter Deborah in a "baby tender." Glass walls. Controlled air. No blankets needed.

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What he discovered changed psychology forever: Human behavior followed the SAME patterns as rats. - Reward a behavior = it increases - Punish a behavior = it decreases Time the rewards right = permanent change This video shows an example:

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Speaker 0: You can try this classroom exercise on positive reinforcement. One individual must exit the room. Now, decide on a task which that individual will complete, such as finding a particular book. Then, choose a non verbal way of reinforcing that task such as clapping your hands. Invite the person to come back into the room and let them try and complete the task, but don't give any instructions. Every time they are on the right track in regards to completing the task, clap your hands louder. If they move away from performing the task, reduce your applause or stop it entirely. Once the person understands what they are supposed to do, let them explain the task. Did they get it right?

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Speaker 0: You can try this classroom exercise on positive reinforcement. One individual must exit the room. Now, decide on a task which that individual will complete, such as finding a particular book. Then, choose a non verbal way of reinforcing that task such as clapping your hands. Invite the person to come back into the room and let them try and complete the task, but don't give any instructions. Every time they are on the right track in regards to completing the task, clap your hands louder. If they move away from performing the task, reduce your applause or stop it entirely. Once the person understands what they are supposed to do, let them explain the task. Did they get it right?

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According to Skiner, if behavior was just conditioning, then: - Free will was an illusion - Consciousness didn't matter - Love was just reinforcement patterns Everything human could be reduced to stimulus → response.

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For example, if a dog poops on a carpet, we can either provide reinforcement so the dog does it again or punishment so the dog stops. Both reinforcement and punishment can either be positive or negative, which means we have four possible ways to teach this dog a lesson. We can draw the four options in a table. If reinforcement is positive, we add something pleasant like a cookie to increase the likelihood of a behavior. If reinforcement is negative, we still want to increase the desired behavior this time by removing something unpleasant like the leash. If punishment is positive, we add an unpleasant response to decrease behavior. When punishment is negative, we also want to decrease behavior. Now by removing something pleasant like the comfy carpet. If we stop any sort of manipulation, the conditioned behavior will eventually disappear again. This is called extinction.

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Speaker 0: For example, if a dog poops on a carpet, we can either provide reinforcement so the dog does it again or punishment so the dog stops. Both reinforcement and punishment can either be positive or negative, which means we have four possible ways to teach this dog a lesson. We can draw the four options in a table. If reinforcement is positive, we add something pleasant like a cookie to increase the likelihood of a behavior. If reinforcement is negative, we still want to increase the desired behavior this time by removing something unpleasant like the leash. If punishment is positive, we add an unpleasant response to decrease behavior. When punishment is negative, we also want to decrease behavior. Now by removing something pleasant like the comfy carpet. If we stop any sort of manipulation, the conditioned behavior will eventually disappear again. This is called extinction.

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His methods worked TOO well that institutions took notice... Prisons adopted them. Therapists swore by them. Schools implemented them. But here's what they didn't tell you:

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Studies now show 70% failure rates in purely behavioral approaches. Skinner had ignored the one thing that makes us human: Love, intimacy, meaning—all dismissed as "unscientific." His own daughter later struggled with the very anxiety his methods claimed to cure.

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Despite its flaws, Skinner's ABC principles ACTUALLY reduce anxiety—but not the way he intended. Here's the 5-step protocol you can try:

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Step 1: Identify Your Triggers Skinner mapped stimulus-response patterns obsessively. You can too: • Track what happens RIGHT before anxiety hits • Note time, place, people, thoughts • Find the pattern within 7 days Your anxiety has a blueprint. Find it.

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Step 2: Break the Chain Early Interrupt anxiety before it spirals: • Notice first body sensation (tight chest? racing thoughts?) • Take 3 deep breaths immediately • Change your physical position Small interruptions = big changes.

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Step 3: You can't just stop a behavior—you must replace it. When anxiety triggers: • Have a go-to replacement ready (call someone or journal) • Make it EASIER than the anxious response • Reward yourself immediately after The brain chooses the easiest path.

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Step 4: Engineer Your Environment You can control yours: • Remove anxiety cues from your space • Add calming anchors (plants, photos, music) • Design "choice architecture" that supports calm Your environment shapes you more than willpower.

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Step 5: Track & Adjust Like a Scientist Skinner measured everything. So should you: • Rate anxiety 1-10 daily • Note what worked/didn't • Adjust your protocol weekly • Celebrate small wins The irony? Skinner's methods work best when combined with what he rejected:

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Meaning, purpose, and soul. Use his tools to modify behavior. But remember you're more than stimulus-response. You're human. Act like it. Here's the truth: Protocols help, but anxiety runs deeper than behavior.

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After 40 years treating anxiety, I learned something crucial: You need both science AND soul. Structure AND creativity. Mind AND imagination. That's why behavioral tools alone have 70% failure rates. If you're tired of surface-level fixes, I've created something different...

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If this thread resonated with you, I explore psychology, philosophy, and personal transformation in my work. Follow @Lorwen108 for more insights on the journey to authenticity. Repost if this helped you. 🙏

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The most powerful experiment about the human mind: The Skinner Box. It's the true root cause why 97% of people are anxious, depressed and feel trapped in life... Here's how to tell if you're like this rat and a 5-step protocol to break free today: 🧵 https://t.co/cPlgXyC3bA

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The discussion highlights the gut-mind connection, emphasizing that anxiety, stress, and depression are linked to gut health rather than solely mental health. Key points include the gut's role in producing serotonin and influencing brain chemistry, as well as the impact of gut inflammation on mental health. Suggestions for improving gut health include eliminating inflammatory foods, consuming fermented foods, managing stress, and supporting digestion. The conversation concludes with a call to explore holistic approaches to mental health that integrate both gut and mind healing.

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Your doctor won't tell you this about anxiety, stress, and depression... They are not a brain problem. It's not a mental health issue. It's your GUT-MIND connection. Here are 5 ways to stop your gut from sabotaging your mental health (backed by science): 🧵

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First, meet your "second brain": Your gut contains 100 million nerve cells - as many as your spinal cord. This massive neural network controls not just digestion, but your emotions, stress levels, and even decision-making. Scientists call it your "enteric nervous system."

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Here's the shocking truth: 95% of your serotonin (the "happiness hormone") isn't made in your brain. It's produced in your gut. This explains why antidepressants often cause digestive issues - they're targeting the wrong organ system entirely.

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The gut-brain axis uses the vagus nerve to transform information from food to feelings. Digested food particles enter the small intestine, which is lined with villi covered in epithelium. Enteroendocrine cells within this layer act as gut sensors, synapsing with nerves, including the vagus nerve. These neuropod cells sense mechanical, thermal, and chemical stimuli, converting them into electrical pulses. These pulses travel via synapses to the vagus nerve, carrying sensory information to the brainstem. This links signals from the small intestine to the brain, allowing food in the gut to influence brain function rapidly. This connection may also allow gut pathogens to access the brain. This knowledge can be used to design therapies for disorders related to altered gut-brain signaling.

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Speaker 0: How the gut and the brain communicate has fascinated us for centuries. The gut brain axis transforms information via the vagus nerve from food to feelings. Once eaten, digested food particles enter the small intestine which is covered with a velvety layer of villi. Each villus is lined with a single layer of epithelium. This layer is made up of different cell types. One of them, the enteroendocrine cell, is unlike the others. It is our gut sensor. In addition to communicating through hormones, we discovered that enteroendocrine cells also synapse with nerves including the vagus nerve. We call those enteroendocrine cells synapsing with nerves. They sense and react to their environment. They sense mechanical, thermal and chemical stimuli such as nutrients or bacterial by products in the gut lumen. In neuropod cells, signals from stimuli are converted into tiny electrical pulses. These pulses propagate via synapses onto the afferent neuron of the vagus nerve. Vagal neurons carry the sensory information to the brainstem, linking the signals generated inside the small intestine to the brain. The neuropod cell connection with the vagus nerve serves as a conduit for food in the gut to influence brain function within seconds. This connection is also a potential portal for gut pathogens to access the brain. This new knowledge is a foundation for designing therapies to treat disorders related to altered gut brain signalling

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Dr. Emeran Mayer, director of UCLA's Neurobiology Center, made a groundbreaking discovery: The microbes in your gut directly control your brain chemistry. And when your gut microbiome is unhealthy, your mental health suffers.

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Emotions experienced visually in dreams are mirrored by gut activity, including contractions and secretions. Brain activity related to emotions is reflected at the gut level, similar to how facial expressions reflect emotions during waking or sleep. The microbes residing in the gut environment are affected by this activity. This area, while not extensively studied, is likely important for understanding the interactions between microbes, the gut, and the brain in maintaining overall health.

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Speaker 0: Emotions we experience visually in our dreams have their mirror image in terms of gut activity, contractions, secretions. Everything that goes on within our brain emotionally always is reflected just like our facial expression reflects our emotions either during waking time or sleep time at the gut level and the microbes who live in that environment are affected by it. So it's an area that's not studied in great detail but probably very important for an understanding of how the microbes, the gut and the brain interact and maintain health.

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When your gut is inflamed: • Anxiety spikes • Memory declines • Brain fog increases • Depression deepens Studies show gut inflammation = brain inflammation.

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Your gut and brain are connected by a superhighway called the vagus nerve. This is why you feel butterflies when nervous or nauseous during anxiety. But it goes deeper - your gut microbes are constantly sending chemical signals to your brain.

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The gut-brain connection is rooted in science. The human brain has roughly 100 billion neurons. The gut has its own nervous system, the enteric nervous system, or "second brain," containing 500 million neurons. This means the gut has five times as many neurons as the brain. A bidirectional highway, the vagus nerve, links the enteric nervous system and the brain's central nervous system, constantly sending and receiving signals. Brain activity, including mood, stress, and emotions, affects gut function, and vice versa. This connection explains common experiences like feeling sick to your stomach or having "gut feelings."

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Speaker 0: So what is this gut brain connection exactly? Well, let's go into the science. The human brain contains approximately a 100,000,000,000 neurons, brain cells, nerve cells. Right? The gut also has a nervous system. It's called the second brain, also known as the enteric nervous system. Enteric just means gut, fancy medical word. And this contains, get this, 500,000,000 neurons. So there's five times as many neurons in your gut as in your brain. Now there's a bidirectional highway between the brain brain and the gut brain. And this is called the vagus nerve. And it links our enteric nervous system with our brain, and their central nervous system. And it's sending and receiving signals all the time. So whatever's happening in your brain, mood, stress, emotions, impacts your gut function. And whatever's happening in your gut, impacts your brain function, right? Mind body, body mind. We talk about this, I felt sick to my stomach, I have gut feelings, maybe you're so nervous you had to run to the bathroom, right. This is the gut brain connection at work.

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In landmark research at Kyushu University: Scientists found mice without gut bacteria showed extreme stress responses and altered brain chemistry. Simply adding healthy bacteria reversed their anxiety and depression.

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Your gut produces over 30 neurotransmitters that affect your mood. Bad gut health = disrupted: • Serotonin (happiness) • GABA (calm) • Dopamine (motivation) • Oxytocin (connection)

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Studies show: • Probiotics work as well as antidepressants • Gut inflammation predicts depression • Healthy microbiome = better stress resilience The science is clear: heal your gut, heal your mind. You can start healing your gut today, with these 7 small changes:

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1/ Inflammatory foods are sabotaging your brain: • Processed sugar • Industrial seed oils • Gluten • Artificial additives • Factory-farmed meat Eliminating these can reduce anxiety and depression within weeks.

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2/ Nature's antidepressants - fermented foods: • Kimchi • Sauerkraut • Kefir • Kombucha • Miso These foods contain trillions of beneficial bacteria that boost serotonin production and improve mood.

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3/ Chronic stress destroys your gut barrier: • Practice daily meditation • Get quality sleep • Move your body • Spend time in nature • Deep breathing exercises Your gut heals when you're relaxed.

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4/ Your gut lining is your mental health barrier. Heal it with: • Zinc • Collagen • Aloe vera • Bone broth • L-glutamine • Marshmallow root A strong gut barrier = stable mood.

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5/ Support healthy digestion: • Eat slowly and mindfully • Chew thoroughly • Stay hydrated • Take digestive enzymes • Avoid eating late • Get moving after meals Better digestion = better neurotransmitter production.

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Modern medicine is catching up to what ancient healers knew. Understanding your gut mind connection could revolutionize how we treat: • Depression • Anxiety • ADHD • Autism • And more The future of mental health treatment isn't just in your head - it's in your gut.

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But here's what 40 years of psychology taught me: Trauma, anxiety, and unprocessed emotions inflame your gut from the inside. That's why diet alone fails—you need to calm the mind-body connection first.

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Hi, I'm Lorwen Nagle. I've spent 40 years as a Harvard-trained psychologist, studying consciousness with the Dalai Lama, and helping thousands untangle their minds.

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A Harvard-trained psychologist discusses the impact of overthinking and anxiety on life quality, emphasizing that procrastination stems from dopamine desensitization rather than laziness. He explains how low dopamine sensitivity reduces focus and offers a three-step protocol to resensitize dopamine receptors: replace high-dopamine breaks with low-stimulation activities, focus on single tasks, and use wait times for mindfulness practice. He argues that simplifying stimulation makes work more rewarding and invites participation in his Anxiety Relief Transformation program for further guidance.

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I'm 63. I'm a Harvard-trained psychologist who works with ultra-successful individuals... And I hate to tell you, but the cost of overthinking and anxiety is the life you could have lived. Here's the 3-step protocol that actually works: 🧵

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Procrastination... It's not laziness. It's dopamine desensitization. Your brain needs increasingly intense stimulation to feel rewarded. That's why checking email feels better than deep work. And why can't you focus without your phone buzzing nearby?

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Procrastination stems from a biological conflict between action and inaction, not a lack of willpower. This approach-avoidance conflict involves cortisol and dopamine, creating a disconnect between motivation and activity. The solution involves either increasing effort or reducing the perceived effort of the task. Lowering the hurdle is the easier path. This can be achieved by setting highly specific and clear goals to trigger a flow state. Break down tasks into small, easy steps to generate rapid dopamine release, making work feel reactive and effortless. This strategy helps overcome procrastination and facilitates entering a flow state.

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Speaker 0: Procrastination isn't due to a lack of willpower. It's just your brain misreading its own signal. Fix this and you'll get into flow faster. A state of optimal performance that we all want. Procrastination, it's not your fault. It's biological rooted in brain pathways linked to reward and to stress. This is called approach avoidance conflict, a tug of war between action and inaction mediated by cortisol and dopamine. You know what this feels like. It's the pain of having the motivation but remaining inactive. The solution is to either increase your effort, jump higher to clear the hurdle, or to reduce the effort required, lowering the hurdle so you can step over it with ease. Reducing the effort required for the task is the easier path. You can do this by setting highly specific clear goals, which is a trigger for flow setting. Make the goal specific, details clear and easy, but there's no resistance left. Instead of run a mile, make it high your running shoes. You chop the task into ridiculously small tasks that give you dopamine hits rapidly. And this makes hard work feel like reactive work as easy as scrolling TikTok. This is one way to beat procrastination so you can spend more time in flow state.

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Here's what's happening in your brain: Dopamine isn't about pleasure—it's your focusing mechanism. Whatever produces dopamine captures your attention. But overstimulation has made you dopamine-resistant. Like insulin resistance, but for your reward system.

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The science is clear: • Low dopamine sensitivity = need extreme stimulation to focus • High dopamine sensitivity = simple tasks become engaging Most professionals are operating at 20% of their focus capacity.

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You can't "detox" dopamine. It's a neurochemical essential for survival. But you CAN resensitize your receptors. Here's the evidence-based protocol that transforms boring work into flow states:

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Step 1: Replace High-Dopamine Breaks Stop scrolling between tasks. Instead: • Walk • Stretch • Foam roll • Light exercise • Do breath work • Practice mindfulness These "boring" breaks starve your brain of dopamine, making work feel rewarding again.

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Step 2: Shift from Default Mode to Task-Positive Network Your brain defaults to wandering when not engaged. Force the switch: • Stay in singular focus • Do ONE thing at a time • No tabs, no multitasking • Create a "tunnel for awareness" This trains your dopaminergic system to release dopamine from deep work.

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Step 3: Use Wait Times as Training Instead of scrolling, practice being present. This increases your reward sensitivity so you can access flow state at will. The result: Boring work becomes as addictive as social media.

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When you lower your stimulation threshold, mundane tasks activate reward circuits. Writing reports triggers the same dopamine as video games. Data analysis becomes as engaging as social media. Your brain literally rewires for deep work.

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In my Anxiety Relief Transformation (ART) package, clients draw their thoughts and feelings on paper. I use creativity to explore one's shadow and bring it into the light. My clients uncovered old memories and future hopes that were unexpressed and unseen. By drawing, they re-connect their shadow side. Here are 2 different client drawings revealing the process and power of visual symbols to heal.

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The paradox of modern productivity: We try to make work more stimulating (music, rewards, gamification). But that's backwards. Make everything ELSE less stimulating. Then work becomes your brain's preferred source of dopamine.

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By working 1:1 with me, my client…. 1. Developed healthier boundaries with his wife. 2. Shifted from self-blame to genuine empathy. 3, Found walking without devices and drawing restored his zest for living. If you want to change your life in 2025, DM me.

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After 40 years studying high achievers, here's what I know: Peak performers aren't more disciplined. They've trained their brains to crave the right things. While others need constant stimulation, they find flow in simplicity. That's the real competitive advantage.

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Carl Jung saw this coming. He wrote: "The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are." But we've buried our true selves under dopamine-seeking behaviors. Jung called it the Shadow—the parts we hide.

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When you resensitize to dopamine, you reconnect with what Jung called the Self. The work becomes the meditation. And if you're ready to break free from anxiety's grip...

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The conversation highlights Jiddu Krishnamurti's teachings on achieving mental freedom through a five-step approach. Key steps include: 1) Stopping the search for solutions to reduce anxiety, 2) Observing thoughts without judgment, 3) Understanding and facing fears, 4) Being present to eliminate psychological suffering, and 5) Recognizing societal conditioning for true freedom. The discussion emphasizes self-understanding over complex techniques and the importance of dialogue in the process. A participant offers consulting services to help others navigate these principles.

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This man who heals what doctors can't: Jiddu Krishnamurti. It's impossible to be psychologically trapped, stressed, or anxious after understanding his teachings. Here's his 5-step approach to unlocking mental freedom: 🧵

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At age 14, the Theosophical Society declared Krishnamurti the next World Teacher. By 27, he was set to lead one of the largest spiritual organizations in the world. Then he did something that shocked everyone...

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He rejected it all. "Truth is a pathless land," he declared. "No guru, method, or system can lead you to it." He dissolved the organization, returned the money and properties, and spent the next 60 years teaching a radical approach to psychological freedom. Here are his 5-steps to unlocking your mind:

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Step 1: Stop Seeking Most people trapped in anxiety and stress are desperately searching for solutions. But Krishnamurti found that seeking itself creates tension and anxiety. The more you chase peace of mind, the more it eludes you. The first step is to stop all seeking and simply observe.

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One should not require external direction, as many seem to believe they must. Why accept another's dictates? Realize that "I am the rest of mankind," and the history of mankind is within oneself. If one knows how to read it, one doesn't need to depend on anyone else. Psychological guidance by another, whether religious or from a psychologist, is fundamentally wrong.

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Speaker 0: Who is there to tell you what to do? We have this mentality that I cannot I must have somebody to tell me what to do. Psychologically, why should I accept what somebody else says? When I realize that I am the rest of mankind. Mankind is me. The me is the history of mankind, the book of mankind. If I know how to read it, I don't depend on anybody. And I personally think that's the psychological guidance by another, whether it is the religious guidance or the psychological psychology this guidance of the psychologist is totally wrong by as far as I

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Step 2: Direct Perception Don't analyze your thoughts. Don't judge them. Don't try to change them. Simply watch them without any filter of past knowledge or desire for change. This pure observation, he discovered, has more power than years of therapy or meditation.

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Jiddu Krishnamurti did not write books, but his talks were compiled into books. He believed competition is defeat before it begins, and that inner peace is paramount. He considered figures like Buddha to be society's real winners. Krishnamurti refused to be a preacher or guru because that would necessitate followers.

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Speaker 0: Jiddu never wrote a book, he spoke a lot that people have kind of collated and made books out of it. But Jiddu believed that competition in itself, the fact that I want to compete with you to be better at something, is defeat before the competition begins. I need to find my peace inside of myself. He believed the real winners of society are people like Buddha. He also said that he's not a preacher. That's why he didn't write books because he said the minute I become a preacher, if I am a Guru, then a Guru needs to have following.

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Step 3: Understanding Fear Krishnamurti found that anxiety isn't the problem – it's our resistance to it and our circumstances. When you fully face your fears without trying to escape them, something remarkable happens: The observer (you) and the observed (fear) dissolve into pure awareness.

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People worldwide seek comfort without understanding, hindering their spiritual comfort. True understanding of life requires harmony, which necessitates love without bindings or limitations.

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Speaker 0: People throughout the world are seeking comfort but not understanding. And as long as they seek comfort, they will never find spiritual comfort because behind it, there is no true understanding of life. And for the understanding of life, you require harmony for the establishment of harmony. You require no binding or limitation on love.

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Brain research now confirms: Direct observation of emotions without trying to change them activates the prefrontal cortex and reduces amygdala activity. Science is catching up to what Krishnamurti taught decades ago.

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Step 4: The End of Time Most psychological suffering comes from thoughts moving between the past and the future. Krishnamurti's insight: Psychological time is the root of fear. When you're fully present, not seeking to become something else, anxiety cannot exist.

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There is nobody to turn to for help, neither on Earth nor in Heaven. Prayer is directed towards a creation of one's own thought. The question is posed whether this fact is truly faced, or whether, in anxiety and confusion, one secretly turns to another.

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Speaker 0: So there is nobody you can turn to. Wonder one wonders if you really realise that. Nobody on earth or in heaven is going to help you. You can pray, and that which you pray to is the creation of your own thought. One wonders if you actually face this fact, Or, surreptitiously, in our anxiety, in our confusion, we turn to another.

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Step 5: Freedom From the Known Your mind is conditioned by society, culture, and past experiences. True psychological freedom comes when you see this conditioning in action – not by trying to replace it with new conditioning. Seeing IS the transformation.

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Bruce Lee was heavily influenced by this approach. "Empty your mind," he said, echoing Krishnamurti. Aldous Huxley called him "one of the most impressive minds he had ever met." Modern mindfulness and therapy are just catching up to his insights. Listen to this:

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Water adapts to its container, taking the form of a cup, bottle, or teapot. Water has the capacity to both flow and crash. The speaker advises the listener to emulate water by being formless and shapeless.

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Speaker 0: Empty your mind. Be formless, shapeless, like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle. You put in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.

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The beauty of Krishnamurti's approach: • No expensive therapy • No complex techniques • No years of practice • No dependency on teachers Just radical self-understanding through careful observation of your own mind.

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The mind is subtle. The conditioning runs deep. While Krishnamurti emphasized self-understanding, he recognized the value of dialogue and support. Having someone to guide you through this process of self-discovery is invaluable.

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A Harvard-trained psychologist argues that traditional therapy often fails high-achievers, who struggle with overthinking and unresolved childhood trauma. He critiques conventional methods like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for not addressing emotional triggers effectively. Instead, he advocates for a 3-month program incorporating art therapy and somatic healing, which rewire the nervous system and promote healing through creative expression. He emphasizes the importance of consistent emotional support and practical tools for transformation.

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HOT TAKE: Traditional therapy is a SCAM for 99% of high-achievers. I've spent over 20 years as a Harvard-trained psychologist helping CEOs & founders worth $100M+. They were all suffering from the same ONE problem. Here's the protocol I created that actually works: 🧵

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Most of my clients are accomplished professionals — dentists, doctors, and company founders with impressive careers. Despite their success, they struggle with overthinking and procrastination, they can't seem to shake it. But why?

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When we dig deeper, we often discover these high-performers aren't just dealing with work stress... They're battling unresolved childhood trauma that conventional therapeutic approaches struggle to address, Gabor Mate said it best below... And that's when the problem arises:

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Traditional therapy often relies on CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), which focuses on identifying thought distortions: "I'm no good" "I'm crummy" "I shouldn't be alive" The theory? Recognize these as distortions and reframe them logically...

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The first psychology lab was in Berlin in the 1870s. Psychoanalysts like Freud and Jung emerged, but in America, behaviorism became dominant. CBT is a first cousin of behaviorism, gaining popularity because behaviorism allows for scientific measurement. The speaker dislikes behaviorism for its focus on measurement. CBT became popular by association. It took a long time for CBT to be recognized as an approved method for mental health. Once CBT was recognized, other modalities emerged. There are 75 other psychosensory therapies that are more powerful than CBT, but NLP still doesn't get recognized for the powerful.

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Speaker 0: Now the other thing I was gonna say about CBT is and just historically. So I'm just gonna give a little little history of of psychology. Speaker 1: Go for it. I love it. Speaker 0: So so, anyway, we come from this beginning stages in Germany, right, in the eighteen seventies, eighteen nineties. So it was the first psychology lab was in Berlin. And then it moves in, and we get all these different, you know, psychoanalysts like Freud, Jung. You know? And I love Jung. Carl Jung is really I really focus on him a lot. But then in in America, behaviorism became the the the ultimate. You know? And so so CBT is a is a cousin, a first cousin of behaviorism. And because behaviorism is is something that you can scientifically, you know, say, yes. This happened. You know, that's why behaviorism was so popular, which is in my I do not like. I don't like behaviorism because of that, because it's just focused on measurement. And CBT being the first cousin of of behaviorism, it it just snuck in and became popular. And that's how it became popular in my book. Speaker 1: It's it's CBT is one of those that took so long to get recognized as an approved way of helping people Speaker 0: Right. Speaker 1: With their mental health, and it took ages for CBD to get recognized. But the second CBT got recognized, it then moved on. Do you know? There's another 75 modalities of psychosensory therapies that are even more powerful than CBT, but NLP still doesn't get recognized for the powerful

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But years of working with trauma has taught me: The limbic system - our brain's emotional center - doesn't respond to logic alone. When someone is triggered, their trauma creates repetition loops that can't simply be thought away. So here's why CBT fails:

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Trauma impacts the brain differently and can cause repetition compulsion, where triggers lead to a trauma response. This can manifest as negative self-talk, such as "I'm no good." CBT, which focuses on thought distortions, may not be as effective for trauma because trauma victims can't simply relabel themselves positively. CBT leans towards the logical part of the brain, while trauma is rooted in the emotional part, specifically the limbic system. People with trauma often engage in all-or-nothing thinking and catastrophizing.

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Speaker 0: And we're gonna deep dive how because we talked about this before, and I thought it was it went on a great tangent of why CBT doesn't genuinely work or is as powerful for trauma. We talked about that because you work with the limbic system. Speaker 1: I agree. Speaker 0: Yeah. So talk talk about that, Lorvyn. Speaker 1: So CBT so trauma. Let's start there. So trauma really, hits the brain in a very different way and active and we get reactivated. So trauma has so in as it somebody who is, affected, let's say childhood trauma. Speaker 0: Yep. Speaker 1: So so they grow up. They're an adult. But what happens is there's a bit of repetition compulsion. What I mean by that is that things trigger them. Somebody will do something, you know, move a hand, say certain words to them, and it triggers this trauma response. And they repeat in in themselves, I'm no good. I'm, you know, I'm crummy. I'm I'm you know, I shouldn't be alive. Things like that that are part of the repetition of the trauma. Speaker 0: Yeah. Speaker 1: So why I think CBT does not work Mhmm. Is because it is focused on thought distortions. Speaker 0: Yes. Speaker 1: So thought distortions meaning that you've like, I just said one, you know, like, I'm no good. That's a labeling. Right. Thought distortion. But taken as as case in point, as a as a trauma victim Speaker 0: Yeah. Speaker 1: The person has been traumatized, it doesn't it doesn't do them any good to to say, oh, yeah. I'm you know, to think it through logically, to say, yeah. I said I'm no good. I labeled myself, but I could label myself positively. They can't. They have to work through trauma in a very different way. Speaker 0: And the the reason for that is, CBT is very much forced on the the logical part, which is the nonemotional side. And most trauma and correct me if I'm wrong, is in the emotional part of the brain, in the different part of the brain, which is where reasoning is different, which is more to the limbic system. Speaker 1: It is, but I wouldn't parse them out that that strongly. Speaker 0: Perfect. Good. Speaker 1: Because CBT, when you say it's the logic part, it is not so much. It it leans in that direction. But but when we do label ourselves or or get into all or nothing thinking, which is very much, people with trauma will get into all or nothing and catastrophizing.

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I turn to art therapy instead. When my clients draw, something fascinating happens. They engage completely different neural pathways - visual, tactile, kinesthetic systems activate, creating new connections that bypass trauma loops.

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There's something powerful about the imperfection of art. As I tell my clients: "Nobody - not even Michelangelo - can draw exactly what they intend." I explain here:

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Drawing can help disconnect from trauma pathways by reconnecting to visual and tactile senses. The kinesthetic element of drawing engages different neural systems. It's important for individuals to view their drawings as "good enough," as perfection is unattainable. This concept of "good enough" extends to emotional regulation, teaching that one doesn't always need to be perfect to self-soothe. The act of doing one's best and achieving "good enough" can be soothing.

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Speaker 0: So so put that you know, now I'm understanding what you mean by I would rephrase it and say that you're disconnecting Perfect. From from the trauma, pathway, neural pathway, and reconnecting to, visual tactile. And the tactile is important in the drawing. People don't really talk about that. But kinesthetically, when people are drawing, they are, they're engaged in different, neural systems that are going on. And, the other thing is that you can't draw well. So nobody I don't care if you're Michelangelo. You're not gonna sit there and draw a perfect whatever that you say I'm gonna draw. And so what happens is it's so important for the person to see, good enough. So something is good enough, and that's what a drawing is. It's good enough. And and that's an important lesson for emotional regulation and emotional is that you don't always get spot on. You're not always perfectionistic. You know, you can't get everything a, you know, a plus. But if you get it good enough and you start, you can self soothe that way too. It's soothing to know that you've done your best. You've done good enough.

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This teaches trauma survivors something profound: "good enough" is acceptable. For perfectionists haunted by trauma, this revelation can be transformative.

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Traditional therapy creates silos - you see a therapist weekly with no connection between sessions. But trauma healing requires what I call the "holding" - consistent emotional support throughout the process. That's why I give my clients unlimited email access...

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The therapeutic alliance becomes a secure container where fragmented experiences can heal. Trauma traps people in the "default mode network" of rumination - obsessing over problems without solutions.

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I help shift them to "constructive mind wandering" through art and device-free walks in nature. The mind begins to heal itself when given space to breathe. I avoid focusing on diagnoses. When someone says "I'm bipolar," it becomes their identity - a jacket they wear. ↓

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Instead, I help clients reconnect with their authentic selves. We hide our true selves because vulnerability feels dangerous - we're afraid of being hurt. But that authentic self isn't dark - it's hidden, waiting for a little oxygen to thrive.

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The speaker does not adhere to traditional psychotherapy, as they are not focused on diagnosing or pure clinical psychotherapy, but rather consider themselves an emotional intelligence trainer. Emotional intelligence is very important because if you understand how to regulate your emotions, you can dance with them. Traditional psychotherapy is caught up in licensing and continuing education courses. The speaker believes people can heal faster, and one way they facilitate this is by giving clients unlimited email access, which relates to Freud's concept of "holding." This means emotionally holding the person as they move through the therapy process, so it's not siloed where the therapist is unaware of the client's processing between sessions. The speaker allows this "holding" to be part of their psychotherapy.

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Speaker 0: Well, I don't, there's several things that I don't adhere to in as a traditional psychotherapist. Yeah. And one is that I am not focused on on diagnosing. I'm also not focused on pure clinical psychotherapy. Like, I consider myself an emotional intelligence trainer. And that is where so emotional intelligence, very important. If if you begin to understand how to regulate your emotions, you can dance with your emotions. But if you're just focused in as a psychotherapist or traditional psychotherapist or clinician, it's, it's caught up in licensing and, continuing ed courses. And, I mean, that's just one facet of being a traditional psychotherapist, which I don't adhere to. The other thing is that I think people can get they can problem they can, like, heal faster. And one specific way in which I do it is that I give peep once people start working with me, they have unlimited email access to me. And that points to something called the holding. So the holding interject was something Freud came up with, and it's it's when you're emotionally holding the person, as they move through the therapy process. So it's just it's not, like, siloed. Like, you see the the therapist, and then a week later, you see him again, you know, where the therapist doesn't have any idea what you've been processing. So I I allow that to be in our psychotherapy.

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Through art therapy, professionals discover they don't need to think their way out of trauma. Sometimes the path to healing brilliant minds requires putting down the spreadsheets and picking up crayons. Here are 2 recent drawings from 2 clients. This is healing process at work.

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The conversation highlights how anxiety often stems from childhood experiences of people-pleasing, which reshapes one's identity and nervous system. The "good child" archetype emerges as a survival mechanism, leading to emotional suppression and chronic anxiety. Individuals learn to prioritize others' needs over their own, sacrificing authenticity for attachment. Healing involves recognizing these patterns and practicing self-trust. The speaker, a psychologist, offers a program designed to help recovering people-pleasers reclaim their true selves through nervous system regulation and mindfulness.

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Your anxiety didn’t start in adulthood. It started when you became "The Good One." People-pleasing is harmful. It rewires your brain and fractures your sense of self. Here's what most therapists won't tell you. This is important. Please open 🧵

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Being a people pleaser is an adaptation that hides your true self. Over time, people-pleasing: 1. Reshapes your brain for survival. 2. Destroys your sense of identity. 3. Sets you up for chronic anxiety. Here’s what you were never told:

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1. Most anxiety is learned in childhood. A form of self-abandonment developed to preserve your safety in emotionally unpredictable environments. You weren’t born anxious—you were trained to be nervous.

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2. The “good child” archetype is a survival role. You stayed quiet and calm because you wanted to survive. - You read the room better than the adults in it. - When chaos struck, you became what everyone else needed. You disappeared to keep the peace.

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3. Chronic people-pleasing changes your nervous system. It activates the dorsal vagal shutdown: Your system enters fawn/freeze mode—constantly managing others’ emotions to avoid conflict and rejection. Over time, the brain associates authenticity with danger. So it silences your needs to protect you.

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The dorsal vagal state can be triggered by childhood trauma, causing a shift from the sympathetic nervous system. This shift can become locked in, leading to a shut-down response where individuals remain quiet and uninvolved in social situations as adults. This behavior stems from earlier experiences of stress and trauma. To address this, the speaker created the QAC process, which aims to help individuals overcome past traumas and avoid living in a dorsal vagal state, so they don't miss out on life experiences. The speaker encourages viewers to follow for more information.

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Speaker 0: Why you need to know about your dorsal vagal. If you grew up in an environment whereby there was a lot of trauma going on for you, it came to the moment whereby in your brain, in your autonomic nervous system, you were activating your fight or flight center. That's where you would just run away from the trouble or you would fight the trouble or whatever it might be. The more stress that we suffer as a child, the more then that we transform ourselves from sympathetic nervous system into dorsal vagal. And when we go into dorsal vagal, it gets locked in. And when it gets locked in, that's the child that shuts down. And now as an adult, they're sitting with people, things are going on, and they just stay quiet. They just will not get involved. That's dorsal vagal activity. But it all started when they were younger. Make sure you learn to polarize that trauma. And for that reason, I created the QAC process that you can utilize in your life to overcome your past traumas so that you don't live in dorsal vagal and miss everything in your life. And if you like this and you wanna know a lot more, all you have to do is follow me.

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Freeze is a state of paralysis and detachment, where your body shuts down in response to a perceived threat. Fawn is a response where you work at appeasing or pleasing others to avoid conflict or danger.

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Both freeze and fawn are behaviors you do at the expense of expressing your own needs and boundaries.

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4. Your brain adapts through emotional suppression. To stay loved, you learned to repress: • Your anger • Your core needs • Your deeply felt opinions • Your personal boundaries Emotional suppression isn't passive. It takes a lot of psychic energy to repress who you truly are deep down inside.

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Neurobiologically, it dulls the prefrontal cortex and overactivates the amygdala. Repression of your true self leads to hypervigilance. You get into a habit of scanning the environment for safety. Not just sometimes. All the time!

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5. According to Dr. Gabor Maté: "If a child is given the choice to choose between attachment or authenticity, they'll choose attachment every time."

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Why? Because the child wants to survive! Their authentic self is sacrificed because it is too unsafe to reveal. And, over time, the child's true self is lost in the people-pleasing process.

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During twelve years of work, the speaker encountered no female patient who hadn't been sexually abused as a child. The speaker poses the question of who would choose to be sexually abused or traumatized in childhood, or aspire to become a drug addict and break the law. The speaker asserts that addiction is a response to pain, and that traumatic experiences shape the brain's physiology, biasing it towards addictive behaviors, including substance use.

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Speaker 0: In my twelve years of work there, I met not a single female patient who had not been sexually abused as a child. Now who the heck chooses to be sexually abused as a child? Who the heck chooses to be, traumatized in childhood? Somebody wakes up in the morning and says, my ambition is to become a drug addict and break the law. I mean, think about it. It's a response to pain. Not only that, those traumatic experiences shape the brain itself, the physiology of essential brain circuits, in a way that'll bias that brain towards addictive behaviors, including with substances.

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6. The emotional cost of being “the good one” often shows up later. • You can’t say "no" without guilt. • You don't know what you really want. • You perform calm while feeling chaos. • You feel broken but don’t know why? The truth is this is not your true personality. It’s your past running the show.

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7. You became successful by staying small or hiding your real self. You might be respected, admired, and reliable, but underneath, you don't value yourself. You need to break this pattern of self-loathing.

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8. Healing starts with telling the truth. That truth might sound like: • I’m not okay with this. • I don’t want to fix everything. • I’m angry right now. • I want to relax and rest right now. Every act of honesty rewires your brain for self-trust, not survival.

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9. Reclaiming your authenticity will feel like betrayal. Because your nervous system still believes love is conditional. The goal isn’t to stop people-pleasing overnight. It’s to notice when is happening and become aware. Listen to Jordan Peterson.

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Most of what you think and say are the opinions of other people, not exactly you. You must find out which of your thoughts and things that you say are actually you, representative of yourself as an integrated being. You can tell when you're saying something inauthentic by feeling out whether or not it makes you weak or strong.

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Speaker 0: You'll find very rapidly that very much of what you think and say has absolutely nothing to do with you. Most of what you think and most of what you say are the opinions of other people. But it's a disadvantage in that it's not exactly you. And now what what you're gonna try to find out is which of your thoughts and things that you say are you? Because they're not representative of yourself as a as an integrated being. My sense has been that you can tell when you're saying something that's not authentic by feeling out whether or not it makes you weak or strong.

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10. People-pleasers are sensitive people. They are deeply perceptive, creative, and talented people. Alice Miller in her book, "Drama of the Gifted Child," speaks to how quickly these young children learned to attend to others' needs. And chose silence to survive.

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If you were a gifted child and saw what was happening around you growing up, you're not alone. I have a community of CEOs and ambitious professionals who are healing themselves....from the inside out. And as they change, they allow themselves to come home.

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Here's what makes healing from people-pleasing so difficult: You're trying to rewire survival patterns using the same nervous system that created them. Your body still believes authenticity equals danger.

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After 40 years as a Harvard psychologist, I've guided hundreds of "good ones" back to themselves. But people-pleasing isn't a mindset issue. It's encoded in your body's threat detection system. You need more than insight.

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You need practices that teach your nervous system: "It's safe to be me now." This requires gentle, consistent rewiring at the cellular level—not another self-help book telling you to "just set boundaries." If you recognized yourself in this thread, you're ready for real work...

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I discuss how our brains aren't equipped for the rapid pace of modern life, leading to anxiety and exhaustion. Chronic dysregulation of brain networks, particularly the Salience Network, causes panic and overthinking. High-speed environments and constant media exposure overload this network, resulting in hypervigilance and emotional instability. Traditional therapies often miss this, as the issue lies in neurobiological activation rather than cognitive distortion. Healing involves practices like drawing and walking outdoors to recalibrate our attention and restore balance.

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Your brain was NEVER designed to speed 80 mph in a 10-ton metal box. Or, scroll 10X images in 20 minutes. Here are 5 reasons why... You can't sleep, overthink, and feel exhausted. And, how to break free (Harvard-backed neuroscience)...🧵

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1/ Anxiety and panic attacks aren't just fight or flight. They come from chronic dysregulation of your neurobiological brain networks. • The Salience Network (SN) • The Default Mode Network (DMN) • The Executive Control Network (ECN) This chronic imbalance drives panic attacks, overthinking, and people pleasing.

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2/ The Salience Network (SN) acts as a gatekeeper. It decides what deserves your attention. But when everything is alarming—speed, noise, novelty, unpredictability—it stays on high alert. This is the basis of chronic anxiety.

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The salience network in the brain directs attention and focus based on what is important to an individual at a given moment. This system is driven by immediate needs such as hunger, thirst, and sleep deprivation, causing one to notice things related to fulfilling those needs. Clarifying and emphasizing one's goals raises their importance in the brain. As a result, individuals will start noticing elements in their daily lives that can help them achieve those goals.

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Speaker 0: What directs our attention and our focus? It's something in the brain called the salience network. And this is an aspect of our nervous system that controls our attention and our focus. What drives this system is whatever is important to us in the moment. So if you're starving, you're gonna smell and notice food. If you're thirsty, same thing with water, same thing with sleep. This is why it's really important to clarify your goals and make sure they are very present to you because once you do that and raise that importance in your brain, you will start to notice aspects that will help you achieve that goal throughout your day to day life.

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Highways overload the SN. • Speed = danger • Lane changes = unpredictability • Metal + noise = threat perception • No escape = locked hypervigilance It’s not irrational fear. It’s an accurate read of an environment your nervous system wasn’t built for.

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3/ Neuroscience shows SN activity peaks in the anterior insula and dorsal anterior cingulate cortex—regions monitoring your internal body state. In a high-speed setting, these regions flood the system with urgency. It’s a full-body alert, not a thought.

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Meanwhile, the DMN—your center for: • Reflection • Narrative identity • Emotional regulation • Temporal grounding —is shut down. High SN activity+ reduced DMN= inner instability. You're freaked out and don't know why.

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4/ The SN’s role is to switch between the DMN and the ECN. But under chronic overload, it gets stuck. Instead of toggling between introspection and problem-solving, it keeps you stuck in alert mode. No reflection. No planning. Just hypervigilance.

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The amygdala, insula, and anterior cingulate cortex maintain internal and external representations of self and the world, interpreting stimuli. Significant stress can alter the salience network's interpretation, leading to a mesolimbic hierarchy of issues. This ranges from internal restlessness and ruminations to severe aberrant salience, like psychosis, where hallucinations and delusions occur. In psychosis, internal sensations are misinterpreted catastrophically. For example, mild abdominal pain might be interpreted as cancer, as seen in psychotic depression. Internal sounds can be misinterpreted as external voices, demonstrating how the salience network can malfunction.

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Speaker 0: Amygdala along with the insular and the anterior cingulate cortex keep an internal representation of self and external representation of how we are with the world and they interpret external and internal stimuli. When there is a significant amount of stress, this can gradually start changing the salience network interpretation. Now there is a whole hierarchy or cascade of what we call the mesolimbic hierarchy from internal restlessness, ruminations, preoccupations, all the way towards the most severe end of aberrant salience known as psychosis. And here individuals have hallucinations and delusions. Why? Because internal sensations can be misinterpreted catastrophically. Example, mild abdominal pain may be interpreted as I have cancer as seen as psychotic depression. Internal sounds can be interpreted as external voices. So this is an example of when things go awry in the salience network.

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Scrolling media compounds this overload. Every image is rushing by you... 1. Too fast 2. Too emotional 3. Too disconnected from context Your Salience network is constantly pinging, with no clear resolution.

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It’s not just what you see. It’s how often you see it. Modern media creates perceptual saturation—what art historians noticed in the 1700s with walls full of oil paintings. Today, it’s image saturation through media.

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Clients report panic on bridges, dissociation while driving, dread when alone on highways. Not due to faulty thinking. But because their SN is overwhelmed by velocity, space, and motion. Without containment, your body feels like it's experiencing trauma.

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5/ Traditional therapies often don’t help here. CBT asks: “Is this thought true?” But you're not experiencing a thought distortion; you're experiencing a nervous system threat. The SN doesn’t speak in language. It speaks in activation.

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High SN activity is tied to: • PTSD • Panic disorder • Autism sensory overload • OCD and rumination • People-pleasing (over-monitoring others’ cues) • Social anxiety This is not “overreacting.” It’s a neurobiological inflammation.

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Research by Menon, Seeley, et al (2007) shows SN overactivation leads to: • Poor emotion regulation • Cognitive fatigue • Reduced decision-making capacity • Insomnia • Flattened affect The brain loses flexibility and becomes fearful.

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This is a crisis of attention—not a cognitive distortion like CBT would think. Your SN is stuck on. Your DMN is active. Your ECN is unstable. When this happens, you feel panic and emotional overwhelm 24/7.

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The default mode network is highly activated in depressed people; the more depressed or anxious someone is, the more active this network becomes. Meditation, as shown in functional MRI studies, reduces the activity in the default mode network (DMN).

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Speaker 0: It turns out that the default mode network is highly activated amongst people that are depressed. The more depressed you are, the more anxious you are. And when you meditate, by way of example, we study this with functional MRI scans, we'll see a reduction in the activity of this, what we call the DMN, the default mode network.

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Healing doesn't come from logic or coping strategies. It comes from regulating the rhythm of your attention. It will come from practices--like drawing and walking outdoors without devices-- that recalibrate your SN’s thresholds.

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This is why drawing, walking outdoors, and metaphor matter. (All key aspects of my ART community program) They are not distractions. They are neurobiological interventions. They reduce salience hyperactivity, reengage DMN activity, and strengthen ECN regulation. They are crucial to your present moment happiness and joy.

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Attention is not an act of cognition. The two hemispheres attend differently. Attention is how consciousness is disposed toward the world. A narrow focus breaks reality into fragments, while a broad focus takes in more without judgment, like in some meditative practices. "Monkey mind," the left hemisphere's constant chatter, obscures broader perception. An exercise involves focusing consciousness narrowly and broadly simultaneously, possible only with two hemispheres. This balances the hemispheres, correcting the left's usual dominance. Meditative practices engage the right hemisphere, leading to functional and anatomical changes. One can equalize the hemispheres using EEG. Aikido exercises involving expanding focus from a small point to encompass the universe may be similar.

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Speaker 0: I recall reading in your book that attention isn't an act Speaker 1: of cognition. Yes. I didn't altogether understand the importance of attention when I discovered that it was different in the two hemispheres. I thought, well gosh, that is interesting!' And I wasn't even looking for it, just happened to be very interested in attention at one point. So I read all the material I could and it clearly emerged that there was a difference in the way the two hemispheres attended. And from that, of course, many, many things followed, but at the time being rather used to the normal sort of cognitivist way of thinking, I just thought of attention as another function of the brain, you know. This is the trouble with the machine model actually, because a machine can't attend. A machine can be set a problem, but it can't dispose its attention because attention is the way in which you dispose your consciousness towards the world. Consciousness is always towards or of something. Consciousness cannot have a goal or an aim or an object or a concern. So the way in which you dispose your consciousness towards the world is what we call attention. If I dispose my consciousness in a very narrow way which breaks up the field of reality into small disks which then appear to be fragments, which the brain then has to assemble in order to understand, then you see a different world from the world that you see if the way you dispose your consciousness is maximally broad, rather as in certain kinds of meditative practice in which you try to just take in as much as possible of what is going on around you without forming any judgment upon it. In other words, not setting the talkative part of the mind, basically the left hand is so conscious cognition, not setting that going. And that in the Buddhist tradition is known as monkey mind because it's jabbering and it's all over the place. Stilling that enables one to see more. What is also fascinating is that there is an exercise which I have done and which I like very much, which is to try to dispose your consciousness in a highly focused way and a highly broadened and extended way at the same time. And of course that would be that is exactly why we have two hemispheres, you can't possibly do that with one hemisphere, because one arising centre of consciousness can only be disposed one way. That's why we have two, so that we can dispose them differently. Speaker 0: So do you feel that such an exercise might be a way of balancing the hemispheres? It is Speaker 1: a way. I mean, terms of EEG, electrophysiological record, it is a way in which one can correct the usual slight preponderance of left hemisphere over right and equalize it. And in many meditative practices it particularly engages the right hemisphere. And the experienced meditators there are findings both of functional findings about how the right hemisphere is functioning in such subjects, but also anatomical findings that certain areas of the right hemisphere that are particularly important for it become enlarged or thicker than they would otherwise be. So it certainly is a matter of engaging the right hemisphere and also the left. It plays a role. Speaker 0: It's really interesting. I remember doing a method of exercise in Aikido actually many years ago and it started off by centering just below the navel, Dan Tien, I think the Chinese board, on a very small point, tiny as you can imagine. Then bit by bit, this point would enlarge and encompass you and then encompass everything in the universe. So you go from one, it was just expanding this out. Maybe that was a similar thing.

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