Change Your Brain Every Day This is Why You're Not Healing
Dec 15, 2025
Living with pain can be a frustrating cycle. The key to healing lies in understanding how our thoughts shape our brain. Toxic, negative thoughts can worsen pain, while addressing these with tools like meditation and writing can promote change. Dietary choices also play a crucial role; eliminating inflammatory foods and focusing on high-quality fats can support both brain health and pain relief. Practical tips and strategies for achieving positive outcomes are highlighted throughout.
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Neuroplasticity Follows Your Focus
- Neuroplasticity follows what you repeatedly focus on and can help or hurt you.
- Daniel G Amen: "Neuroplasticity doesn't care if it helps you or hurts you."
Take Each Thought Captive
- Capture and question automatic negative thoughts (ANTs) to reduce pain and tension.
- Daniel G Amen recommends naming your mind and using Byron Katie's practice to test whether thoughts are true.
Stop Toxic Pain Thoughts
- Identify and stop common pain-related ANTs like always/never, fortune-telling, labeling, and guilt-tripping.
- Replace catastrophic self-talk to preserve frontal lobe function and calm pain circuits.
