Three Ways Your Brain Keeps You Stuck (And What To Do About It)
Apr 5, 2021
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Discover the power of reprogramming subconscious behaviors for higher energy and clarity. Overcome trauma to access your highest potential. Learn how the brain's survival state hinders critical thinking and problem-solving abilities. Explore the impact of belief on limiting potential and creating our reality. Activate the executive state to effectively deal with challenges and enhance mental health.
Understanding the brain's survival state and how it impacts thoughts, emotions, and behavior is crucial for rewiring the brain and accessing higher levels of performance, energy, and clarity.
Recognizing and addressing the fight-flight-freeze responses, such as the fight response manifesting as constant conflict or the flight response leading to avoidance, enables individuals to develop healthier coping mechanisms and move towards growth and progress.
Deep dives
The Power of Rewiring the Brain
The brain's survival state is the default mode for most people, even though it's not necessary for non-life-threatening situations. This survival state is programmed into the brain and manifests as fighting, fleeing, or freezing responses. Rewiring the brain entails becoming aware of this survival state and understanding how it affects thoughts, emotions, and behavior. By challenging and questioning one's reality, it becomes possible to activate the executive state at will and access higher levels of performance, energy, and clarity.
Understanding the Fight Response
The fight response is a survival instinct that often manifests as fighting with knowledge, trying to prove oneself right, or constantly being in conflict with others. This response can lead to burnout and dissatisfaction. When in the fight state, the brain develops tunnel vision and focuses on immediate threats, impairing decision-making and hindering growth. Recognizing and understanding the fight response allows individuals to shift away from a combative mindset towards collaboration and finding effective solutions.
Recognizing the Flight Response
Procrastination, avoidance of confrontation, and numbing behaviors are all examples of the flight response, which arises from fear and the desire to escape discomfort. Flight responses can lead to a lack of progress and disengagement from life's challenges. By identifying flight reactions, individuals can confront their fears and develop healthier coping mechanisms instead of escaping or avoiding difficult situations.
The Freeze Response and its Implications
The freeze response is akin to playing dead and often occurs when faced with overwhelming decisions or uncertainty. Inaction, indecisiveness, and numbing are common freeze responses. When trapped in the freeze state, individuals may lose sight of their desired outcomes and become disengaged. Recognizing freeze responses and developing the ability to make decisions and take action helps individuals break free from stagnation and move towards their goals.
In this week’s episode, learn the secret behind overcoming your fight-flight-freeze response so you can start rewiring your brain so that you achieve a higher level of energy, clarity and focus.
We'll be covering:
1. How a certain red pill can give you the power to maximize your performance 2. The shocking reason why you might be living in a false reality 3. A critical first step to being able to turn on your powerful executive state at will
Connect with Dr. Eugene: Website: https://destinyhacks.co/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/eugenekchoi/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekchoi
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EPISODE CREDITS: Clip from The Matrix Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j934OgiMBNQ Clip of Roger Bannister #1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTXoTnp_5sI Clip of Roger Bannister #2: https://www.ft.com/video/1f459a6f-3d84-4de7-ab60-5303d8aee0b6
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