Dr. Daniel Amen
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And then I take all that information to come up with a treatment plan and help you want to have a better brain, because with a better brain has a better life. But the level of vitriol and criticism I got was terrible for me. And then I got this call late one night from my sister-in-law that said my nine-year-old nephew, Andrew, attacked a little girl on the baseball field that day.
And then I take all that information to come up with a treatment plan and help you want to have a better brain, because with a better brain has a better life. But the level of vitriol and criticism I got was terrible for me. And then I got this call late one night from my sister-in-law that said my nine-year-old nephew, Andrew, attacked a little girl on the baseball field that day.
And then I take all that information to come up with a treatment plan and help you want to have a better brain, because with a better brain has a better life. But the level of vitriol and criticism I got was terrible for me. And then I got this call late one night from my sister-in-law that said my nine-year-old nephew, Andrew, attacked a little girl on the baseball field that day.
And I'm like, what? Because he's also my godson and I'm very close to him. And she said, Danny, he's different. He's mean. He doesn't smile anymore. I went to his room today and I found two pictures he had drawn. One of them, he was hanging from a tree in a suicide attempt. The other one, he's shooting other children. And I'm like, I need to scan this kid.
And I'm like, what? Because he's also my godson and I'm very close to him. And she said, Danny, he's different. He's mean. He doesn't smile anymore. I went to his room today and I found two pictures he had drawn. One of them, he was hanging from a tree in a suicide attempt. The other one, he's shooting other children. And I'm like, I need to scan this kid.
And I'm like, what? Because he's also my godson and I'm very close to him. And she said, Danny, he's different. He's mean. He doesn't smile anymore. I went to his room today and I found two pictures he had drawn. One of them, he was hanging from a tree in a suicide attempt. The other one, he's shooting other children. And I'm like, I need to scan this kid.
And like 999 child psychiatrists out of a thousand would have drugged him and put him in therapy. And I'm like, no, I need to look at his brain. And what we found is he had a cyst the size of a golf ball occupying the space of his left temporal lobe, which is an area we had already associated with violence.
And like 999 child psychiatrists out of a thousand would have drugged him and put him in therapy. And I'm like, no, I need to look at his brain. And what we found is he had a cyst the size of a golf ball occupying the space of his left temporal lobe, which is an area we had already associated with violence.
And like 999 child psychiatrists out of a thousand would have drugged him and put him in therapy. And I'm like, no, I need to look at his brain. And what we found is he had a cyst the size of a golf ball occupying the space of his left temporal lobe, which is an area we had already associated with violence.
And when the neurosurgeon drained the cyst, his behavior immediately went back to normal, to the normal loving kid. And now he's, goodness, I don't know, almost 40, has two children, has a job, he's employed, he's married, he's normal. And so that moment, I lost my anxiety about whether or not you didn't like me or you criticized me. And I went to war with my colleagues.
And when the neurosurgeon drained the cyst, his behavior immediately went back to normal, to the normal loving kid. And now he's, goodness, I don't know, almost 40, has two children, has a job, he's employed, he's married, he's normal. And so that moment, I lost my anxiety about whether or not you didn't like me or you criticized me. And I went to war with my colleagues.
And when the neurosurgeon drained the cyst, his behavior immediately went back to normal, to the normal loving kid. And now he's, goodness, I don't know, almost 40, has two children, has a job, he's employed, he's married, he's normal. And so that moment, I lost my anxiety about whether or not you didn't like me or you criticized me. And I went to war with my colleagues.
When I met my second wife, the first naked part of her I wanted to see was her brain. And we scan her. If you date any of my children, I'm looking at your brain. Brain health is so important. And if you love yourself... And you're grateful for the life that you've been given.
When I met my second wife, the first naked part of her I wanted to see was her brain. And we scan her. If you date any of my children, I'm looking at your brain. Brain health is so important. And if you love yourself... And you're grateful for the life that you've been given.
When I met my second wife, the first naked part of her I wanted to see was her brain. And we scan her. If you date any of my children, I'm looking at your brain. Brain health is so important. And if you love yourself... And you're grateful for the life that you've been given.
You want a better brain because your brain is involved in everything you do, how you think, how you feel, how you act, how you get along with other people. And when it works right, you tend to work right. The girl in the car, her brain wasn't right. And when your brain is troubled for whatever reason, you have trouble in your life and it's easy to call people bad. It's way harder to go.
You want a better brain because your brain is involved in everything you do, how you think, how you feel, how you act, how you get along with other people. And when it works right, you tend to work right. The girl in the car, her brain wasn't right. And when your brain is troubled for whatever reason, you have trouble in your life and it's easy to call people bad. It's way harder to go.
You want a better brain because your brain is involved in everything you do, how you think, how you feel, how you act, how you get along with other people. And when it works right, you tend to work right. The girl in the car, her brain wasn't right. And when your brain is troubled for whatever reason, you have trouble in your life and it's easy to call people bad. It's way harder to go.
Why are you this way? And so I just live my life thinking, how can I make my brain and your brain better?
Why are you this way? And so I just live my life thinking, how can I make my brain and your brain better?