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 behaviorthe role of dopamine in etching context-dependent memoriesthe challenge of social media and smartphone addictionrecognizing addiction to news during the COVID-19 crisisthe phenomenon of “social contagion” in relation to the current pandemic and social mediathe nature of primitive limbic fear versus the higher reasoning of the prefrontal cortex (elephant and rider)what happens when worry becomes a habitthe relationship of worry to anxietyhow we can hack our brain with the BBO (Bigger Better Offer) approach with regards to habit and addictioninsights around panic disorderthe nature and utility of changing “reward value”bringing “curious awareness” online to recognize cravings and their low reward valueaddiction and it's relationship to dopaminethe nature of selfless flow statesfMRI data on adept meditators and the quieting of the “default mode network” psychedelics and the effect on default mode networkthe effectiveness of an app-based mindfulness approach on physician anxiety and physician burnout in a recent set of studiesthe 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/
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