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Hacking Our Anxious Brain In Uncertain Times (w/Dr. Jud Brewer)

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The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a secondary outbreak of fear, anxiety, and social contagion. Dr. Jud Brewer is a psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and leading researcher into the science of mindfulness, and we dive DEEP into how we can fight anxiety and panic.

Once we get warmed up, we discuss

  • how ancient Buddhist psychology relates to modern ideas around positive and negative reinforcement and addictive behavior
  • the role of dopamine in etching context-dependent memories
  • the challenge of social media and smartphone addiction
  • recognizing addiction to news during the COVID-19 crisis
  • the phenomenon of “social contagion” in relation to the current pandemic and social media
  • the nature of primitive limbic fear versus the higher reasoning of the prefrontal cortex (elephant and rider)
  • what happens when worry becomes a habit
  • the relationship of worry to anxiety
  • how we can hack our brain with the BBO (Bigger Better Offer) approach with regards to habit and addiction
  • insights around panic disorder
  • the nature and utility of changing “reward value”
  • bringing “curious awareness” online to recognize cravings and their low reward value
  • addiction and it's relationship to dopamine
  • the nature of selfless flow states
  • fMRI data on adept meditators and the quieting of the “default mode network”
  • psychedelics and the effect on default mode network
  • the effectiveness of an app-based mindfulness approach on physician anxiety and physician burnout in a recent set of studies
  • the nature of the psychological benefit of kindness and how the COVID-19 crisis may be a huge opportunity in disguise.

    • Check out Dr. Brewer's work here: https://drjud.com/

    Video, links and more at zdoggmd.com/jud-brewer C

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