Feelings Are Not Facts (The Second Commandment of Self-Brain Surgery)

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Today, the second in a series of looking at each of the Ten Commandments of Self-Brain Surgery in more detail. The second commandment is, "I must recognize that feelings are not facts, they are chemical events in my brain." Also, learning to articulate what's really going on so we can begin to get after healing it is a crucial step in becoming great self-brain surgeons! Scripture: II Cor. 10:5, Romans 12:2 The Ten Commandments of Self-Brain Surgery (Updated 3/8/2024; corollaries coming soon)

1. I must relentlessly refuse to participate in my own demise.  2. I must recognize that feelings are not facts, they are chemical events in my brain.   3. I must recognize that most of my thoughts are untrue.  4. I must love tomorrow more than I hate how I feel right now.   5. I must not treat bad feelings with bad operations.  6. I must stop making an operation out of everything.  7. I must not perpetuate generational thought or behavioral issues in my family or start any new ones.   8. I must love my brain and live in such a way as to improve it.   9. I must believe that what I’m doing I’m getting better at.  10. I must understand that thoughts become things. 

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(00:01) - Introduction

(02:08) - Medical School Interviews

(14:14) - Understanding Feelings

(25:47) - Imposter Syndrome

(29:03) - Formulating the Chief Complaint