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#951 - Dr Russell Kennedy - How To Fix Your Brain’s Addiction To Anxiety & Worry

2025/6/7
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Dr. Russell Kennedy: 我认为现代社会焦虑如此普遍，主要是因为不确定性。我们应对不确定性的能力因为过度使用手机等事物而分散，而童年时期的创伤会使不确定性变得更加难以忍受。焦虑实际上是身体的警觉状态和头脑中的担忧的结合，它们相互作用形成一个恶性循环。童年时期未处理的创伤会储存在身体中，身体会通过“内感受”向大脑发送警报信号，从而引发负面思维。担忧实际上是为了转移我们对身体警报的注意力，这种警报通常源于童年时期的创伤经历。因此，我们需要走出头脑，关注身体的感受，解决身体中的警报，才能真正治愈焦虑的根源。 Chris Willx: 我认为人类追求的不是幸福，而是摆脱不确定性。幸福只是在不确定性暂时消失时产生的副产品。在不直接沟通情绪的环境中长大，可能会导致对他人细微动作的过度关注，这既可能导致高度的同理心，但也可能导致误判。在焦虑或脆弱的家庭环境中长大，会使人过度关注他人的情绪，甚至是不存在的情绪。过度关注他人情绪的人可能会内化“如果对方不好，我就不好”的信念，并压抑自己的情感。

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Anxiety is fueled by uncertainty, which is amplified in the modern world by factors such as technology and trauma. Worry, a key component of anxiety, provides a false sense of certainty, creating an addictive cycle.
  • Anxiety is linked to uncertainty intolerance.
  • Worry provides a dopamine hit, making it addictive.
  • The amygdala has no sense of time, causing emotional responses to past traumas.

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Dr. Russell Kennedy is a neuroscientist specializing in anxiety treatment, physician, and an author.

Why is anxiety so common now? It once helped us survive, like when we were being chased by lions. But today, we feel it even when there's no real threat. So what's going on? What does science say about this ancient emotion, and how can we manage it in the modern world?

Expect to learn why anxiety is so common nowadays, the neuroscience of why we worry, the big differences between anxiety and worry, the biggest triggers of anxiety and how to manage them better, how to undo-chronic anxiety and how anxiety shows up differently for men and women, if it is it a blessing or a curse to feel things deeply, where people pleasing come from neurologically and much more…

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