Dr. Alok Kanojia

So the moment that... So right now, I don't know if this kind of makes sense.

The more angry you are, right?

The more your amygdala is like hyperactive.

It is drowning out every other part of your brain.

So the first thing that you have to do is put words to it.

And when you put words to it, you can't put words to...

There's no word there.

So the moment that you try to put words to it, it has to calm down.

In order for your linguistic centers, Broca's area and all these, in order for them to like articulate it, you have to understand it.

So Freud understood this like over 100 years ago.

And there's something powerful about processing emotions by putting them into words.

In order to put words to it, we have to tone it down some.

So that's the first thing.

The problem is that people oftentimes think that that is sufficient, right?

So people will say journal, go see a therapist and talk about your feelings.

Man, the number of times that I've had – like I had this patient who came in, if I can tell a story.

Please.

And so like I was a third-year resident.

I had done maybe like 100 hours, 200 hours of psychotherapy.

So I had a guy come in.