Daniel Priestley

And so how do I get better frontal lobes? And it's three strategies. Frontal lobe envy, right? Brain envy, gotta care about it. Avoid things that hurt, damaging my frontal lobes. And do things that strengthen.

And anxiety. And then there are going to be more ants. And then you're going to drink more to shut up the ants. And then when they come back, they come back stronger. And by ants, you mean? The automatic negative thoughts. It's the chatter that hurts you. And we talked about how to kill them. So whenever you feel sad or mad or nervous or out of control, what I want you to do is just write it down.

And anxiety. And then there are going to be more ants. And then you're going to drink more to shut up the ants. And then when they come back, they come back stronger. And by ants, you mean? The automatic negative thoughts. It's the chatter that hurts you. And we talked about how to kill them. So whenever you feel sad or mad or nervous or out of control, what I want you to do is just write it down.

And then ask yourself a series of questions. And I have this cute diagram of the different types of ants. And I always ask my patients, so which are your ants? Are they like... all or nothing ants? Were you thinking words like always, never, everyone, every time? Are they less than ants given to us by social media where we compare ourselves to others in a negative way?

And then ask yourself a series of questions. And I have this cute diagram of the different types of ants. And I always ask my patients, so which are your ants? Are they like... all or nothing ants? Were you thinking words like always, never, everyone, every time? Are they less than ants given to us by social media where we compare ourselves to others in a negative way?

Guilt-beating ants, mind-reading ants, fortune-telling ants, blame ants. So identify the type. Do you have an example of a bad thought that just sort of runs around your head?

Guilt-beating ants, mind-reading ants, fortune-telling ants, blame ants. So identify the type. Do you have an example of a bad thought that just sort of runs around your head?

So I think you write it down. This is going to be bad. And then my friend Byron Katie has this process that I've refined a bit. So that's a fortune-telling ant.

So I think you write it down. This is going to be bad. And then my friend Byron Katie has this process that I've refined a bit. So that's a fortune-telling ant.

And so this is going to be bad news. Or I always get bad news, fortune-telling, and all or nothing. And so the first question is, is it true? No. The second question, is it absolutely true with 100% certainty? And if one is no, two is automatically no. The third question is, how does that thought make me feel? On edge. On edge. How does the thought make me act?

And so this is going to be bad news. Or I always get bad news, fortune-telling, and all or nothing. And so the first question is, is it true? No. The second question, is it absolutely true with 100% certainty? And if one is no, two is automatically no. The third question is, how does that thought make me feel? On edge. On edge. How does the thought make me act?

So the third question has three parts. How does the thought make me feel? Tense on edge. How does it make me act?

So the third question has three parts. How does the thought make me feel? Tense on edge. How does it make me act?

Reticent.

Reticent.

And the third part of that, what's the outcome of believing it's always going to be bad?

And the third part of that, what's the outcome of believing it's always going to be bad?

Yeah, suffering, yeah. The fourth question is, how would you feel if you didn't have that thought? Free. And how would you act?

Yeah, suffering, yeah. The fourth question is, how would you feel if you didn't have that thought? Free. And how would you act?

And the outcome of not having that thought? Better relationships. Because you're more present. Yeah. Yeah. And then the fifth question. So the first one is, is it true? The second one, is it absolutely true? The third one, how would I... How do I feel, act, and what's the outcome of having this thought? The fourth question is how would I feel, act, and what's the outcome of not having the thought?