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Overwhelming thoughts You feel panic or uncertainty when faced with an overwhelming thought, a painful emotion, or a trigger from your past. Doubts flood your mind: I don’t know how to handle this. What if I mess it up? What if it’s already too late to change this part...

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Dr. Lee Warren

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Barbara Rippey ✝️🇺🇸1 месяц назад

Love your content! I can’t tell you how much I need to hear these “commandments” in the season I am in currently. Thank you. 🙏

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Picasso_19631 месяц назад

What a great time for me to find your account. A third round if light curative chemo recently took my husband's life. A new chapter is beginning for me. I needed this the last few years, but I am grateful to hear your words today. Respect sir.

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D Paige W1 месяц назад

I am so thankful I found your page 💕 I love your wisdom and using Scripture to show what you are saying. Thank you!

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OldBassFiddle1 месяц назад

I have needed to hear your last three messages and they came to me just when I needed to hear them most. Thank you.

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CynthiaSpell2 месяцев назад

Thank you.😊

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Beautiful message! 💜

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inheritancehouseflip2 месяцев назад

"Nice thought, but a clogged stent doesn’t clear on its own—unfortunately. Before anyone touches a third inguinal hernia revision, that carotid has to be sorted out, whether that means balloon angioplasty, restenting, or an actual carotid endarterectomy/bypass. Same reality with a medial plica excision: once that synovial fold is resected, tissue doesn't just magically regenerate. ​Still, it’s wild how much of biology just comes down to bioelectricity and molecular kinetics. At baseline, we’re essentially electrical circuits fueled by constant atomic vibration. Look at ATP synthase—it’s literally a microscopic rotary motor spinning at thousands of RPM. If you scaled that nano-machinery up to human size, it’d be moving like an engine clocking highway speeds."

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Dr. Lee Warren

56,764 просмотров • 1 месяц назад

Knock off the negative self talk! Changing the words you say to yourself literally rebuild your brain in ways that help you or hurt you. Here's the science of one of the words you say to yourself matter: When you use criticizing language in your internal voice, your brain picks up on that and turns on the parts that are related to defending you from physical danger. Your brain hears your mind saying something harmful, and assumes that you're under attack. This affects your physiology, keeps you in a fight or flight response, and elevates your blood pressure and cortisol levels. In other words, when you attack yourself internally, your body gets the message and you literally feel like you're at war. On the other hand, research shows that when you use compassionate language to yourself, you don't magically make all your problems go away. What happens is that your brain area is related to problem-solving, calmness, and feeling hopeful, come alive. This set the filters in your reticular activating system to begin to look for possibility and not danger. The first commandment of self brain surgery is that I must relentlessly refuse to participate in my own demise. Using harmful words to yourself is literally committing malpractice against your own brain and your own life. So, and I say this with love, knock it off. Be kind to yourself. In a world full of difficulties, you deserve at least one ally. And your brain needs to hear encouraging language so I can do a better job of showing you a path forward instead of keeping you stuck. Jeremiah 29:11 says that God has a plan to give you hope and the future. Don't hinder his ability to do that by blocking your brain from being able to see what might already be there. Send this to a friend who needs an ally. Save this for the next time you find yourself feeling afraid. And follow me for connections between neuroscience and scripture every day that will help you flourish in your life. Click the link in my bio to learn more about my New York Times. Best seller, The Life-Changing Art of Self- Brain Surgery. #selfbrainsurgery #mentalhealth #anxiety
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Knock off the negative self talk! Changing the words you say to yourself literally rebuild your brain in ways that help you or hurt you. Here's the science of one of the words you say to yourself matter: When you use criticizing language in your internal voice, your brain picks up on that and turns on the parts that are related to defending you from physical danger. Your brain hears your mind saying something harmful, and assumes that you're under attack. This affects your physiology, keeps you in a fight or flight response, and elevates your blood pressure and cortisol levels. In other words, when you attack yourself internally, your body gets the message and you literally feel like you're at war. On the other hand, research shows that when you use compassionate language to yourself, you don't magically make all your problems go away. What happens is that your brain area is related to problem-solving, calmness, and feeling hopeful, come alive. This set the filters in your reticular activating system to begin to look for possibility and not danger. The first commandment of self brain surgery is that I must relentlessly refuse to participate in my own demise. Using harmful words to yourself is literally committing malpractice against your own brain and your own life. So, and I say this with love, knock it off. Be kind to yourself. In a world full of difficulties, you deserve at least one ally. And your brain needs to hear encouraging language so I can do a better job of showing you a path forward instead of keeping you stuck. Jeremiah 29:11 says that God has a plan to give you hope and the future. Don't hinder his ability to do that by blocking your brain from being able to see what might already be there. Send this to a friend who needs an ally. Save this for the next time you find yourself feeling afraid. And follow me for connections between neuroscience and scripture every day that will help you flourish in your life. Click the link in my bio to learn more about my New York Times. Best seller, The Life-Changing Art of Self- Brain Surgery. #selfbrainsurgery #mentalhealth #anxiety

Dr. Lee Warren

34,842 просмотров • 2 месяцев назад

Right before I cut into someone’s brain, a thought sometimes flashes through my mind, "What if my hand slips right now?" I’ve been operating for years. If a brain surgeon’s mind can do that to him mid-surgery, yours isn’t broken either. That thought doesn’t mean I’m unfit to operate, and it doesn’t mean you’re dangerous or crazy for the thoughts you can’t say out loud. It means the brain, under focus or fear, fires off the worst possible image; but that's a misfire, not a message. Feelings are not facts. Thoughts are not always true. Those are Self-Brain Surgery Commandments number two and three from my New York Times bestselling book: I must believe that feelings are not facts, and that most of my automatic thoughts are untrue. Paul wrote it this way in 2 Corinthians 10:5, ESV: “We take every thought captive to obey Christ.” Not every thought is you. Some are just noise your brain generates. You don’t have to obey it. You get to examine it, and let it go. If a thought is torturing you and you think it makes you a bad person, it doesn’t. That’s hard and holy work, and you’re not alone in it. Save this for the next time a thought is running on a loop in your head. Share this with a friend who struggles with difficult to control thinking. And follow me for helpful connections between neuroscience and faith every day. Click the link in my bio to learn more about self-brain surgery. #selfbrainsurgery #neuroscience #mentalhealth #anxiety
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Right before I cut into someone’s brain, a thought sometimes flashes through my mind, "What if my hand slips right now?" I’ve been operating for years. If a brain surgeon’s mind can do that to him mid-surgery, yours isn’t broken either. That thought doesn’t mean I’m unfit to operate, and it doesn’t mean you’re dangerous or crazy for the thoughts you can’t say out loud. It means the brain, under focus or fear, fires off the worst possible image; but that's a misfire, not a message. Feelings are not facts. Thoughts are not always true. Those are Self-Brain Surgery Commandments number two and three from my New York Times bestselling book: I must believe that feelings are not facts, and that most of my automatic thoughts are untrue. Paul wrote it this way in 2 Corinthians 10:5, ESV: “We take every thought captive to obey Christ.” Not every thought is you. Some are just noise your brain generates. You don’t have to obey it. You get to examine it, and let it go. If a thought is torturing you and you think it makes you a bad person, it doesn’t. That’s hard and holy work, and you’re not alone in it. Save this for the next time a thought is running on a loop in your head. Share this with a friend who struggles with difficult to control thinking. And follow me for helpful connections between neuroscience and faith every day. Click the link in my bio to learn more about self-brain surgery. #selfbrainsurgery #neuroscience #mentalhealth #anxiety

Dr. Lee Warren

24,845 просмотров • 1 месяц назад

Feelings are strong, they're loud, and they make you think that you have to react to them. The problem is, neuroscience is clear: most of the things you feel don't actually point anything that's really happening. Happy people learn to check whether they're feeling against reality before they react to it. The second commandment of self-brain surgery is that I must believe that feelings are not facts, they are chemical events in my brain. Psalm 139:23 shows that asking God to help us discern between feelings and reality is the path to peace: "...test me and know my anxious thoughts." If you learn to take a five second pause between something you feel and how you react to it that will give your frontal lobes time to catch up to your amygdala, critically think about what's going on, and decide on an appropriate response. This simple move will make a huge difference in your quality of life. Save this for the next time feelings feel overwhelming, and share it with a friend who needs to know that not everything they feel turns out to be true. And follow me for daily connections between neuroscience and faith to help you achieve healing, hope, and higher performance. Click the link in my bio to learn more about my New York Times best selling book, the Life-Changing Art of Self-Brain Surgery. Note: I am not a therapist, I'm a brain surgeon. But I'm also a trauma survivor, a war veteran, and the father of a lost son. I've spent 25 years studying how neuroscience and faith connect to help us flourish to find my own way back to hope again, and these things will help you. But they are not substitutes for the advice of your own mental health professional. #mentalhealth #anxiety #selfbrainsurgery
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Feelings are strong, they're loud, and they make you think that you have to react to them. The problem is, neuroscience is clear: most of the things you feel don't actually point anything that's really happening. Happy people learn to check whether they're feeling against reality before they react to it. The second commandment of self-brain surgery is that I must believe that feelings are not facts, they are chemical events in my brain. Psalm 139:23 shows that asking God to help us discern between feelings and reality is the path to peace: "...test me and know my anxious thoughts." If you learn to take a five second pause between something you feel and how you react to it that will give your frontal lobes time to catch up to your amygdala, critically think about what's going on, and decide on an appropriate response. This simple move will make a huge difference in your quality of life. Save this for the next time feelings feel overwhelming, and share it with a friend who needs to know that not everything they feel turns out to be true. And follow me for daily connections between neuroscience and faith to help you achieve healing, hope, and higher performance. Click the link in my bio to learn more about my New York Times best selling book, the Life-Changing Art of Self-Brain Surgery. Note: I am not a therapist, I'm a brain surgeon. But I'm also a trauma survivor, a war veteran, and the father of a lost son. I've spent 25 years studying how neuroscience and faith connect to help us flourish to find my own way back to hope again, and these things will help you. But they are not substitutes for the advice of your own mental health professional. #mentalhealth #anxiety #selfbrainsurgery

Dr. Lee Warren

43,570 просмотров • 1 месяц назад

I'm a brain surgeon, and I'm gonna show you how to operate your brain the way it's designed, to help you heal. Let's scrub in and get it done. (Remember- I'm not a therapist, and this is not mental health advice. I'm sharing what I've learned after overcoming PTSD from the Iraq War and the pain of losing a child. Talk to a professional provider if you're struggling) Forgiveness Is Brain Surgery, Not Sentiment Forgiveness gets sold as a nice feeling you’re supposed to have. It’s not a feeling. It’s a decision that performs actual surgery on the neural pathway connecting you to the person who hurt you, releasing you from carrying their offense in your own body. Neuroscience nugget: Chronic resentment keeps the body’s threat-response system activated: elevated cortisol, disrupted sleep, and impaired prefrontal function. But studies on forgiveness interventions show reduced physiological stress markers when people practice it. Self-Brain Surgery Procedure: Say the sentence out loud, even if you don’t feel it yet: “I choose to forgive ___ for ___. I release this from my body.” Feelings follow decisions. Don’t wait to feel forgiving before you decide to forgive. (Note: Forgiveness DOES NOT mean reconciliation or that you stay in a dangerous or harmful situation. It's something you do in your mind and heart) Scripture: “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” Ephesians 4:32, NIV This is self-brain surgery. It's hard and holy work, and I'm proud of you for showing up. Follow me to connect neuroscience and scripture every day. Save this to help when you need to heal. Share it with a friend who's hurting. Click the link in my bio to learn more about my New York Times bestseller, The Life-Changing Art of Self-Brain Surgery. #selfbrainsurgery #neuroscience #neuroplasticity #grief #healing
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I'm a brain surgeon, and I'm gonna show you how to operate your brain the way it's designed, to help you heal. Let's scrub in and get it done. (Remember- I'm not a therapist, and this is not mental health advice. I'm sharing what I've learned after overcoming PTSD from the Iraq War and the pain of losing a child. Talk to a professional provider if you're struggling) Forgiveness Is Brain Surgery, Not Sentiment Forgiveness gets sold as a nice feeling you’re supposed to have. It’s not a feeling. It’s a decision that performs actual surgery on the neural pathway connecting you to the person who hurt you, releasing you from carrying their offense in your own body. Neuroscience nugget: Chronic resentment keeps the body’s threat-response system activated: elevated cortisol, disrupted sleep, and impaired prefrontal function. But studies on forgiveness interventions show reduced physiological stress markers when people practice it. Self-Brain Surgery Procedure: Say the sentence out loud, even if you don’t feel it yet: “I choose to forgive ___ for ___. I release this from my body.” Feelings follow decisions. Don’t wait to feel forgiving before you decide to forgive. (Note: Forgiveness DOES NOT mean reconciliation or that you stay in a dangerous or harmful situation. It's something you do in your mind and heart) Scripture: “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” Ephesians 4:32, NIV This is self-brain surgery. It's hard and holy work, and I'm proud of you for showing up. Follow me to connect neuroscience and scripture every day. Save this to help when you need to heal. Share it with a friend who's hurting. Click the link in my bio to learn more about my New York Times bestseller, The Life-Changing Art of Self-Brain Surgery. #selfbrainsurgery #neuroscience #neuroplasticity #grief #healing

Dr. Lee Warren

19,401 просмотров • 2 месяцев назад

The neuroscience of how change in your life is possible is fascinating, but it's also very simple: your mind and your brain are not the same thing. If you learn how to change what you think about, you will engage neuroplasticity and make real time structural changes in your brain. You really can change how you are and who you are by changing what you think about. The Bible talks about this in lots of places, but start with Second Corinthians 10:5 and Romans 12:2. Save this for the next time you think changes impossible for you. Share it with someone who feel stuck. And follow me and together, we will change our brains every day by connecting neuroscience and faith. If you want to know more about self brain-surgery, click the link in my bio. ##neuroscience##anxiety##depression##hope
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The neuroscience of how change in your life is possible is fascinating, but it's also very simple: your mind and your brain are not the same thing. If you learn how to change what you think about, you will engage neuroplasticity and make real time structural changes in your brain. You really can change how you are and who you are by changing what you think about. The Bible talks about this in lots of places, but start with Second Corinthians 10:5 and Romans 12:2. Save this for the next time you think changes impossible for you. Share it with someone who feel stuck. And follow me and together, we will change our brains every day by connecting neuroscience and faith. If you want to know more about self brain-surgery, click the link in my bio. ##neuroscience##anxiety##depression##hope

Dr. Lee Warren | Neurosurgeon

104,200 просмотров • 6 дней назад

I'm a brain surgeon, and I'm gonna show you how to operate your brain the way it's designed, to help you heal the wounds you’ve been carrying; the ones from childhood, from broken relationships, from things said that can’t be unsaid, and from things done that can’t be undone. This is part two, make sure you watch part one also. Let's scrub in and get it done. Unhealed Wounds Get Rehearsed, Not Just Remembered Every time you replay a painful memory in anger or self-pity instead of truth, you’re not just remembering it, you’re practicing it. And practice strengthens whatever pathway you’re using. Neuroscience nugget: Neurons that fire together wire together. Rehearsing a wound with bitterness deepens the very neural pathway that keeps the pain alive, making the hurt easier to access and harder to escape. Don’t violate the 1st commandment of self-brain surgery (No self-malpractice) by letting neuroplasticity work against you. Remember the 9th commandment of self-brain surgery (”What I’m doing, I’m getting better at”), and rehearse the healing rather than the hurt. Self-Brain Surgery Procedure: Catch yourself the next time you start replaying an old hurt for the hundredth time. Stop mid-rehearsal and say, “I will not practice this pain today.” Replace it with one true, hopeful thought and hold that instead. Scripture: “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable... think about such things.” Philippians 4:8, NIV This is self-brain surgery. Hard and holy work. Follow me to connect neuroscience and scripture every day. Save this to help when you need to heal. Share it with a friend who's hurting. Click the link in my bio to learn more about Self-Brain Surgery. Note: this is not medical or mental health advice. See your provider if you're having trouble.
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I'm a brain surgeon, and I'm gonna show you how to operate your brain the way it's designed, to help you heal the wounds you’ve been carrying; the ones from childhood, from broken relationships, from things said that can’t be unsaid, and from things done that can’t be undone. This is part two, make sure you watch part one also. Let's scrub in and get it done. Unhealed Wounds Get Rehearsed, Not Just Remembered Every time you replay a painful memory in anger or self-pity instead of truth, you’re not just remembering it, you’re practicing it. And practice strengthens whatever pathway you’re using. Neuroscience nugget: Neurons that fire together wire together. Rehearsing a wound with bitterness deepens the very neural pathway that keeps the pain alive, making the hurt easier to access and harder to escape. Don’t violate the 1st commandment of self-brain surgery (No self-malpractice) by letting neuroplasticity work against you. Remember the 9th commandment of self-brain surgery (”What I’m doing, I’m getting better at”), and rehearse the healing rather than the hurt. Self-Brain Surgery Procedure: Catch yourself the next time you start replaying an old hurt for the hundredth time. Stop mid-rehearsal and say, “I will not practice this pain today.” Replace it with one true, hopeful thought and hold that instead. Scripture: “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable... think about such things.” Philippians 4:8, NIV This is self-brain surgery. Hard and holy work. Follow me to connect neuroscience and scripture every day. Save this to help when you need to heal. Share it with a friend who's hurting. Click the link in my bio to learn more about Self-Brain Surgery. Note: this is not medical or mental health advice. See your provider if you're having trouble.

Dr. Lee Warren

235,707 просмотров • 2 месяцев назад

Here's what you do when you're anxious, from a brain surgeon's perspective. Share this with a friend who struggles with anxiety, or save it for the next time you feel your physiology making you think you're in danger Follow for daily connections between neuroscience and faith to help you flourish in your life. And click the link in my bio to learn more about self-brain surgery. #SelfBrainSurgery #anxiety #MentalHealth
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Here's what you do when you're anxious, from a brain surgeon's perspective. Share this with a friend who struggles with anxiety, or save it for the next time you feel your physiology making you think you're in danger Follow for daily connections between neuroscience and faith to help you flourish in your life. And click the link in my bio to learn more about self-brain surgery. #SelfBrainSurgery #anxiety #MentalHealth

Dr. Lee Warren

12,279 просмотров • 27 дней назад

Today, I’m going to give you ten years of healing in a couple of minutes. I'm a brain surgeon, and I'm gonna show you how to make rapid progress in healing the wounds you’ve been carrying; the ones from childhood, from broken relationships, from things said that can’t be unsaid, and from things done that can’t be undone. Let's scrub in and get it done. Here's a Fact: Your Wound Lives in Your Brain, But Your Healing Lives in Your Mind When something hurts you, your brain stores it. The sights, the sounds, the sting of the words, the shape of the moment. That storage is real and physical. But here’s where the hope of healing lies: your brain doesn’t get the final vote on what that memory means to you. Your mind does. And your mind is not the same thing as your brain. Neuroscience nugget: Emotional memories get encoded in circuits involving the amygdala and hippocampus, but each time you recall a memory, it becomes temporarily unstable and gets rewritten via a process called reconsolidation. That means every time you revisit a wound, you have a fresh chance to change how it’s stored. Self-Brain Surgery Procedure: The next time an old wound surfaces, don’t just relive it. Instead, reframe it while it’s “open.” Ask: What is the truest, most redemptive way to understand this moment now? Speak that new understanding out loud before you let the memory close back up. Scripture: “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” Psalm 147:3, NIV This is self-brain surgery. Hard and holy work. Follow me to connect neuroscience and scripture every day. Save this to help when you need to heal. Share it with a friend who's hurting. Click the link in my bio to learn more about The Life-Changing Art of Self-Brain Surgery, my NYT bestselling book. (Not medical advice. See your provider for help) #selfbrainsurgery #neuroscience #neuroplasticity #grief #healing
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Today, I’m going to give you ten years of healing in a couple of minutes. I'm a brain surgeon, and I'm gonna show you how to make rapid progress in healing the wounds you’ve been carrying; the ones from childhood, from broken relationships, from things said that can’t be unsaid, and from things done that can’t be undone. Let's scrub in and get it done. Here's a Fact: Your Wound Lives in Your Brain, But Your Healing Lives in Your Mind When something hurts you, your brain stores it. The sights, the sounds, the sting of the words, the shape of the moment. That storage is real and physical. But here’s where the hope of healing lies: your brain doesn’t get the final vote on what that memory means to you. Your mind does. And your mind is not the same thing as your brain. Neuroscience nugget: Emotional memories get encoded in circuits involving the amygdala and hippocampus, but each time you recall a memory, it becomes temporarily unstable and gets rewritten via a process called reconsolidation. That means every time you revisit a wound, you have a fresh chance to change how it’s stored. Self-Brain Surgery Procedure: The next time an old wound surfaces, don’t just relive it. Instead, reframe it while it’s “open.” Ask: What is the truest, most redemptive way to understand this moment now? Speak that new understanding out loud before you let the memory close back up. Scripture: “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” Psalm 147:3, NIV This is self-brain surgery. Hard and holy work. Follow me to connect neuroscience and scripture every day. Save this to help when you need to heal. Share it with a friend who's hurting. Click the link in my bio to learn more about The Life-Changing Art of Self-Brain Surgery, my NYT bestselling book. (Not medical advice. See your provider for help) #selfbrainsurgery #neuroscience #neuroplasticity #grief #healing

Dr. Lee Warren

56,733 просмотров • 24 дней назад

Most people think once the spiral starts, you’re just along for the ride. But the spiral is not in charge of you. You are in charge of the spiral. I’ve spent three decades watching what actually changes a brain under pressure, and I’ve had to stop my own spirals more times than I can count. Here are the top four things I've learned that help when my thoughts start spiraling: 1. This thought is not me. The moment you say that out loud, you create distance. Your brain can’t keep running the same loop at full speed once you refuse to fuse with it. 2. Most of what I’m thinking right now is not true. Neuroscience is clear: the large majority of automatic thoughts in a spiral are distortions. You don’t have to debate every one. You just have to stop treating them as facts. 3. I can choose a different command. Your mind decides. Your brain follows. One spoken sentence is enough to start redirecting the circuitry. 4. One true sentence is enough to start. Don’t try to fix the whole spiral. Just pick one true sentence, scripture, a fact, or a simple command, and say it out loud. That’s the incision. Everything else follows from there. This isn’t positive thinking. It’s taking the thought captive and giving your brain a different command. Romans 12:2 has been saying this longer than neuroscience has. Hit that follow button, and together we will build brains that know how to stop the spiral. Save this for the next time it happens to you, and share with a friend who needs help. Click the link in my bio to learn more about self-brain surgery.
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Most people think once the spiral starts, you’re just along for the ride. But the spiral is not in charge of you. You are in charge of the spiral. I’ve spent three decades watching what actually changes a brain under pressure, and I’ve had to stop my own spirals more times than I can count. Here are the top four things I've learned that help when my thoughts start spiraling: 1. This thought is not me. The moment you say that out loud, you create distance. Your brain can’t keep running the same loop at full speed once you refuse to fuse with it. 2. Most of what I’m thinking right now is not true. Neuroscience is clear: the large majority of automatic thoughts in a spiral are distortions. You don’t have to debate every one. You just have to stop treating them as facts. 3. I can choose a different command. Your mind decides. Your brain follows. One spoken sentence is enough to start redirecting the circuitry. 4. One true sentence is enough to start. Don’t try to fix the whole spiral. Just pick one true sentence, scripture, a fact, or a simple command, and say it out loud. That’s the incision. Everything else follows from there. This isn’t positive thinking. It’s taking the thought captive and giving your brain a different command. Romans 12:2 has been saying this longer than neuroscience has. Hit that follow button, and together we will build brains that know how to stop the spiral. Save this for the next time it happens to you, and share with a friend who needs help. Click the link in my bio to learn more about self-brain surgery.

Dr. Lee Warren

24,950 просмотров • 14 дней назад

"the thoughts you keep repeating become the reality you live in" pay attention to your thoughts, they are controlling your reality. not because they're "true" but because your brain is physically changing to support them. your brain is made up of billions of neurons that communicate through electrical and chemical signals. every time you think a thought, those neurons fire. when you repeat that thought, they fire again... and again... and again. over time, those connections get stronger and faster. this is neuroplasticity, your brain's ability to rewire itself based on repetition. this is why hebb's law matters: neurons that fire together, wire together. with repetition, your brain begins to: - strengthen synaptic connections (thoughts become automatic) - increase myelination (signals move faster, patterns feel effortless) - shift activity from your prefrontal cortex to your basal ganglia (from thinking → habit) this is when a thought stops feeling like effort... and starts feeling like you. so if you're constantly thinking: "i'm not consistent" "i always fall off" "i'm behind" your brain wires that in as your default. it filters your reality to match it. it looks for proof. and it drives behaviors that reinforce it. not because you're broken... but because you've practiced it. but the same science works in your favor. when you repeat: "i follow through" "i take care of my body" "i show up" you build new pathways. at first it feels unnatural. the old ones are stronger. but with repetition, the new ones strengthen, speed up, and eventually become automatic. this is how identity is built. not in one big moment... but in what you repeat daily. your brain does not adapt to what you want. it adapts to what you practice. your thoughts are not harmless. they are instructions, and your brain is always listening.
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"the thoughts you keep repeating become the reality you live in" pay attention to your thoughts, they are controlling your reality. not because they're "true" but because your brain is physically changing to support them. your brain is made up of billions of neurons that communicate through electrical and chemical signals. every time you think a thought, those neurons fire. when you repeat that thought, they fire again... and again... and again. over time, those connections get stronger and faster. this is neuroplasticity, your brain's ability to rewire itself based on repetition. this is why hebb's law matters: neurons that fire together, wire together. with repetition, your brain begins to: - strengthen synaptic connections (thoughts become automatic) - increase myelination (signals move faster, patterns feel effortless) - shift activity from your prefrontal cortex to your basal ganglia (from thinking → habit) this is when a thought stops feeling like effort... and starts feeling like you. so if you're constantly thinking: "i'm not consistent" "i always fall off" "i'm behind" your brain wires that in as your default. it filters your reality to match it. it looks for proof. and it drives behaviors that reinforce it. not because you're broken... but because you've practiced it. but the same science works in your favor. when you repeat: "i follow through" "i take care of my body" "i show up" you build new pathways. at first it feels unnatural. the old ones are stronger. but with repetition, the new ones strengthen, speed up, and eventually become automatic. this is how identity is built. not in one big moment... but in what you repeat daily. your brain does not adapt to what you want. it adapts to what you practice. your thoughts are not harmless. they are instructions, and your brain is always listening.

alexei

11,888 просмотров • 2 месяцев назад

Sometimes life knocks us out. We want things back the way they were, but God says we can't have that. This week's Self-Brain Surgery video equips you with what to do when you find yourself not knowing what to do You can watch the whole video on my YouTube channel. Follow me, and every day we will connect neuroscience and faith to help you flourish in your life, no matter what happens. Save this for the next time you're screaming into the void, wishing things would go back to the way they were. And share this with someone you love who's there with you. Click the link in my bio to learn more about my New York Times best seller, The Life-Changing Art of Self-Brain Surgery. #selfbrainsurgery #mentalhealth #anxiety #neuroscience
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Sometimes life knocks us out. We want things back the way they were, but God says we can't have that. This week's Self-Brain Surgery video equips you with what to do when you find yourself not knowing what to do You can watch the whole video on my YouTube channel. Follow me, and every day we will connect neuroscience and faith to help you flourish in your life, no matter what happens. Save this for the next time you're screaming into the void, wishing things would go back to the way they were. And share this with someone you love who's there with you. Click the link in my bio to learn more about my New York Times best seller, The Life-Changing Art of Self-Brain Surgery. #selfbrainsurgery #mentalhealth #anxiety #neuroscience

Dr. Lee Warren

13,429 просмотров • 1 месяц назад

Today, I’m going to give you ten years of therapy in two minutes. I'm a brain surgeon, and I'm gonna show you how to make rapid progress in healing the wounds you’ve been carrying; the ones from childhood, from broken relationships, from things said that can’t be unsaid, and from things done that can’t be undone. Let's scrub in and get it done. Here's a Fact: Your Wound Lives in Your Brain, But Your Healing Lives in Your Mind When something hurts you, your brain stores it. The sights, the sounds, the sting of the words, the shape of the moment. That storage is real and physical. But here’s where the hope of healing lies: your brain doesn’t get the final vote on what that memory means to you. Your mind does. And your mind is not the same thing as your brain. Neuroscience nugget: Emotional memories get encoded in circuits involving the amygdala and hippocampus, but each time you recall a memory, it becomes temporarily unstable and gets rewritten via a process called reconsolidation. That means every time you revisit a wound, you have a fresh chance to change how it’s stored. Self-Brain Surgery Procedure: The next time an old wound surfaces, don’t just relive it. Instead, reframe it while it’s “open.” Ask: What is the truest, most redemptive way to understand this moment now? Speak that new understanding out loud before you let the memory close back up. Scripture: “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” Psalm 147:3, NIV This is self-brain surgery. Hard and holy work. Follow me to connect neuroscience and scripture every day. Save this to help when you need to heal. Share it with a friend who's hurting. Click the link in my bio to learn more about The Life-Changing Art of Self-Brain Surgery, my NYT bestselling book. #selfbrainsurgery #neuroscience #neuroplasticity #grief #healing
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Today, I’m going to give you ten years of therapy in two minutes. I'm a brain surgeon, and I'm gonna show you how to make rapid progress in healing the wounds you’ve been carrying; the ones from childhood, from broken relationships, from things said that can’t be unsaid, and from things done that can’t be undone. Let's scrub in and get it done. Here's a Fact: Your Wound Lives in Your Brain, But Your Healing Lives in Your Mind When something hurts you, your brain stores it. The sights, the sounds, the sting of the words, the shape of the moment. That storage is real and physical. But here’s where the hope of healing lies: your brain doesn’t get the final vote on what that memory means to you. Your mind does. And your mind is not the same thing as your brain. Neuroscience nugget: Emotional memories get encoded in circuits involving the amygdala and hippocampus, but each time you recall a memory, it becomes temporarily unstable and gets rewritten via a process called reconsolidation. That means every time you revisit a wound, you have a fresh chance to change how it’s stored. Self-Brain Surgery Procedure: The next time an old wound surfaces, don’t just relive it. Instead, reframe it while it’s “open.” Ask: What is the truest, most redemptive way to understand this moment now? Speak that new understanding out loud before you let the memory close back up. Scripture: “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” Psalm 147:3, NIV This is self-brain surgery. Hard and holy work. Follow me to connect neuroscience and scripture every day. Save this to help when you need to heal. Share it with a friend who's hurting. Click the link in my bio to learn more about The Life-Changing Art of Self-Brain Surgery, my NYT bestselling book. #selfbrainsurgery #neuroscience #neuroplasticity #grief #healing

Dr. Lee Warren

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