Breaking Your Doom Loop Right Now

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

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Chronic pain, whether physical or emotional, lives in the same exact pain circuits in the brain. A simple shift in focus from managing symptoms to addressing the root causes within these pain circuits can radically transform how you feel, both physically and emotionally. In this episode, the Amens reveal the concept of the doom loop, and other radical concepts from Dr. Amen's brand new book "Change Your Brain, Change Your Pain", now available for preorder wherever books are sold.

Dr. Amen's new book, Change Your Brain, Change Your Pain:

https://www.changeyourbrainchangeyourpainbook.com/

Transcript

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0:00.0	Negativity is hard on your brain.
0:04.0	And then it becomes hard on the brains of the people you care about.
0:08.0	Pain for any reason, activates the suffering pathway, leads to this invasion of ants,
0:14.0	a negativity, which then the end is nervous tension.
0:18.0	Your muscles start to get tense.
0:20.0	And if you're holding repressed rage,
0:24.6	your muscles are already tense. It's like a little poke and all of a sudden you hurt because you're
0:31.2	living with this dynamite. In this episode, Dr. Amen and Tana discuss the effect that pain and trauma can have on your brain health.
0:38.8	Your body was created to heal.
0:41.8	If 80% of people my age who have no pain have abnormal backs, it could be your body figures out ways around it to heal.
0:53.8	The star of Change Your Brain, Change Your Pain, is something I developed called
0:59.0	the Doom Loop. The Doom Loop is...
1:06.0	Every day you are making your brain better or you are making it worse. Stay with us to learn how you can
1:13.3	change your brain for the better every day. At Aeman clinics you're not just seeing one
1:20.2	doctor. You're getting a tea with over 50 specialists including psychiatrists,
1:27.1	natural past, nutritionists, and therapists,
1:30.8	we treat the whole you.
1:33.1	Learn more at amenclinics.com.
1:37.3	So we are so excited for you to be with us.
1:41.7	I actually just got this.
1:44.4	My brand new book, Change Your Brain, Change Your Pain,
1:51.0	about the intersection between physical and emotional pain.
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