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The Mel Robbins Podcast

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Constant External Attention Reduces Emotional Processing in the Brain

The brain has evolved to use idle time for emotional and informational processing, as evidenced by the emotional content of dreams being related to real life experiences. However, constant external attention and lack of idle time hinder this processing, leading to reduced emotional processing in the brain. This reduction in emotional processing is linked to the emergence of characteristics of various mental illnesses.

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