Dax Shepard
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
So week one, he was standing outside.
in the sun on his porch and texting just one friend.
Week two, he was walking to the corner mailbox and mailing a letter.
His mom would actually give him bills she had to pay.
Week three, he was taking his dog to the dog park and having a conversation and we scripted it.
Remember, paralyzing social anxiety, isolated, stuck at home.
By the way, that will amplify pain.
All of these ingredients.
He got a tutor, started catching up in school, went for his first haircut.
When that kid came to my office after his first haircut, he also had gone and bought a backpack.
He was a child transformed.
That was like one month in.
Some sunlight, some social exposure.
By the way, the more he did, the more he realized he could do.
Mood started going up.
Stress and anxiety started going down.
And oh shit, the brain's connected to the body.
When stress and anxiety started going down and mood started going up,
All these things started changing.