Dr. Alok 'Dr. K' Kanojia
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So what happens is I feel anxious, and then I distract myself.
I pull my attention away from my anxiety.
But there is a problem with this.
Because when my brain is experiencing anxiety in my amygdala,
What am I conditioning myself to do to regulate anxiety?
I have eyes over here that go to the occipital lobe in the back.
The occipital lobe is actually way better, right?
I have ears which go to my auditory cortex.
So I have eyes and ears and I'm horribly misshapen as a human being, right?
So what I'm training myself to do is when anxious, use external stimuli to reduce anxiety.
So I'm not training myself to regulate my anxiety via my physiology.
I'm not training myself to regulate my anxiety using cognitive reframing.
I'm training myself to suppress my anxiety either through drugs or sensory distractions.