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Change Your Brain Every Day

ADD and Negative Thoughts-The Toxic Cocktail - Why They Shouldn't Go Together

Change Your Brain Every Day

Dr Daniel Amen

Braintrauma, Healthtips, Sleep, Obesity, Anxiety, Braininjury, Depression, Ptsd, Mentalhealth, Mood, Brainhealth, Health & Fitness, Energy, Disease, Addiction, Mental Health, Healthadvice, Adhd, Memory, Focus

4.61.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2017

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Today's episode is part of an ADD coaching call that was recorded. My experience with ADD over decades now is many people with ADD use negative thinking, use fear as a way to stimulate their brains. So today, we're going to discuss this issue and answer a couple other questions about ADD. Watch out for part two of this coaching call.

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0:00.0

I'm Donnie Osman and welcome to the Brain Warrior's Way, hosted by my friends Daniel and Tanna Aeman.

0:10.0

In this podcast, you're going to learn that the war for your health is one between your ears.

0:15.0

That's right. If you're ready to be sharper and have better memory, mood, energy, and focus,

0:20.0

well then stay with us. Here are Daniel and Tana Aeman.

0:24.0

Hi everybody.

0:27.0

Welcome to the Healing AIDD coaching call.

0:33.6

I am so grateful that you are on this call

0:37.6

and that you're on this journey to be the best you can be.

0:42.1

We have a special guest that's going to join us in about 10 or 15 minutes,

0:46.3

but for now I want to tell you what I've been thinking about. Then I'll get to your questions. There was a new study this week that said for people who had social

1:00.4

anxiety, which is often very common, especially for type 7 anxious A.B.

1:06.0

That when they did an online program like Brain Fit Life, It wasn't brain fit life, but when they did an online

1:16.4

it's called a CBT program cognitive behavior therapy which I think of is killing the ants, learning how to not believe

1:24.7

every stupid thought you have, that compared to people who don't have social

1:30.5

anxiety, who are not nervous in social situations who can get up in front of people

1:36.1

and talk no problem. So people who are anxious they had more activity in a part of the brain called the amygdala and the amygdala

1:48.0

it's Greek for almond so there are these little almond shape structures in your temporal lobe so underneath your temples behind your eyes.

1:57.0

That the amygdala, which is an area of the brain that's responsive to fear.

2:03.2

So people who are feeling afraid,

2:05.1

so it makes sense that social anxiety people

2:07.6

actually had larger, more active, amygdala.

2:12.0

And when they gave in to the negative thoughts, the fearful thoughts, the

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