Dr. Alok 'Dr. K' Kanojia

The brain is never static.

It doesn't just turn on and off like a light switch.

Every time the brain turns on, it changes.

So think about a light switch that every time you turn it on, it alters the electrical wiring in your house.

So if I have a dozen light switches across my house and I turn one on and off every single day,

Imagine that that wiring gets more insulated, gets stronger.

And if there is a light switch that I do not touch, over time that wiring shrinks.

This is the way that our brain works.

You all have to understand that every time you activate the brain, you change the brain.

You're changing your wiring.

So most of the time when we activate our emotions, this creates...

permanent new state.

So when I experience intense trauma, it alters the architecture of my brain.

It alters the architecture of my nervous system.

So when I do not process emotions

That activation, which I then suppress, so it doesn't go away, it's just I suppress it, right?

So it's kind of like I wall it off.

The music is still playing.

I'm just turning down the volume.

It's not the same as hitting the stop button.