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The Best Of 2021: Part Two

The Rich Roll Podcast

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Counting Backwards Is a Form of Meta-Cognition That Interrupts Subconscious Patterns

The five second is a form of meta cognition that interrupts the pattern stored in your subconscious brain. Counting backwards requires you to focus, which flips on your pre frontal cortex. It gives you a moment of control over what you think and do next. We know of a hundred and 11 people who have stopped themselves from taking their lives by five, four, three, two, one, asking for help.

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