Dr. Daniel Amen
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Or mommy's little helper.
And that didn't turn out well.
These are all trends that you've lived through.
These are all little lies that I see.
Not little, huge societal lies.
And then...
And I'm also a child psychiatrist.
And so I would often see 16-year-olds, 17-year-olds, and parents bring them in because I think he has ADD.
And I'm like, okay.
And as I would scan them, because that's what I do at Amen Clinics, we look at your brain.
The brain looks toxic.
And it shouldn't look toxic in a 16-year-old.
And initially, you ask the child, you know, are you using any drugs?
Of course not.
And then I'm like, but you have a toxic brain.
And then they start crying because I teach them how important their brain is.
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 this works right, you work right.
And when it doesn't, you don't.
And it looks toxic.