Dr. Alok Kanojia

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14,159 appearances 23 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 4d ago

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HealthyGamerGG · Why Normal Life Feels So Boring · 12 Sep 2026 podcast

If you guys are actually interested in finding the practical tools to change on your own, that's where memberships comes in. voice-verified

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So if y'all are interested, check out the link in the description below. voice-verified

And when I work with someone who has an addictive personality, we really have to focus on the fundamentals of your internal decision making. voice-verified

And this is where I'm going to boil things down to one really interesting scientific concept, which is something called negative urgency and positive urgency. voice-verified

So negative urgency is the tendency to act rashly in response to a negative emotional experience. voice-verified

That's what negative affect means. voice-verified

Positive urgency is the tendency to act rashly in relation to a positive affect or emotional experience. voice-verified

So when I get excited, I order a bunch of things on the internet because now this is my voice-verified

And when I feel afraid of something or I want to avoid something or I feel anxious, I will act rashly. voice-verified

I will act rapidly in response to that thing. voice-verified

And if there's one skill that I would choose to teach, if I took all of the patients I've had who had addictive personality and I had to teach them one thing, I would teach them this concept and teach them how to free themselves from positive and negative urgency. voice-verified

And if you've got an addictive personality, I want you to think about this for a second. voice-verified

The core of the problem is that, you know, you get excited about something and then you can't restrain yourself, right? voice-verified

That's the core of the problem. voice-verified

The other thing within addictive personality is that oftentimes when we get excited about something, we are running away from something else. voice-verified

So these two things go hand in hand. voice-verified

And so how are we going to get to the root of this? voice-verified

And this is where we're going to turn to the teachings of the Buddha. voice-verified

And this is kind of fascinating because I realized something recently. voice-verified

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