Dr. Russell Kennedy

I've used my background in developmental psych and neuroscience and medicine to kind of, I kind of figured this out. It's really stuck in your default mode network, which, you know, here's the funny thing. It's like people say, you know, anxiety or alarm is stuck in your body. Trauma is stuck in your body.

I've used my background in developmental psych and neuroscience and medicine to kind of, I kind of figured this out. It's really stuck in your default mode network, which, you know, here's the funny thing. It's like people say, you know, anxiety or alarm is stuck in your body. Trauma is stuck in your body.

Now it may actually be stuck in the brain's representation of the body, but still for all intents and purposes, it's in the body. So when we realize that This is the true cause. This is the root cause of what anxiety truly is, is this alarm that's in the body. We have to fix this alarm. We have to fix this bottom-up alarm.

Now it may actually be stuck in the brain's representation of the body, but still for all intents and purposes, it's in the body. So when we realize that This is the true cause. This is the root cause of what anxiety truly is, is this alarm that's in the body. We have to fix this alarm. We have to fix this bottom-up alarm.

Now it may actually be stuck in the brain's representation of the body, but still for all intents and purposes, it's in the body. So when we realize that This is the true cause. This is the root cause of what anxiety truly is, is this alarm that's in the body. We have to fix this alarm. We have to fix this bottom-up alarm.

We can do top-down strategies as well because I noticed that after I did a whole whack of somatic therapy and I started being really grounded, all of the stuff that I learned in cognitive therapy made perfect sense to me.

We can do top-down strategies as well because I noticed that after I did a whole whack of somatic therapy and I started being really grounded, all of the stuff that I learned in cognitive therapy made perfect sense to me.

We can do top-down strategies as well because I noticed that after I did a whole whack of somatic therapy and I started being really grounded, all of the stuff that I learned in cognitive therapy made perfect sense to me.

But until I got out of the lion's den of being in alarm all the time, I wasn't able to have the wherewithal to kind of see what I was doing wrong and the fact that I was so addicted to my own worry. And I think there's biochemical reasons why we get addicted to worry. Dopamine, I think the periaqueductal gray in the brain secretes like endorphins and enkephalins. We get rewarded.

But until I got out of the lion's den of being in alarm all the time, I wasn't able to have the wherewithal to kind of see what I was doing wrong and the fact that I was so addicted to my own worry. And I think there's biochemical reasons why we get addicted to worry. Dopamine, I think the periaqueductal gray in the brain secretes like endorphins and enkephalins. We get rewarded.

But until I got out of the lion's den of being in alarm all the time, I wasn't able to have the wherewithal to kind of see what I was doing wrong and the fact that I was so addicted to my own worry. And I think there's biochemical reasons why we get addicted to worry. Dopamine, I think the periaqueductal gray in the brain secretes like endorphins and enkephalins. We get rewarded.

If we scare the crap out of ourselves, we actually get in the brain. We get rewarded for that. And that's another reason why it's so hard to heal from anxiety. But you can do it. You just have to do it the right way.

If we scare the crap out of ourselves, we actually get in the brain. We get rewarded for that. And that's another reason why it's so hard to heal from anxiety. But you can do it. You just have to do it the right way.

If we scare the crap out of ourselves, we actually get in the brain. We get rewarded for that. And that's another reason why it's so hard to heal from anxiety. But you can do it. You just have to do it the right way.

Yeah. I think there's a limited amount of benefit you get. I think it's valuable, but I don't think it's going to heal you. It's the same with science-based therapy. When I see science-based therapy anywhere, I think, okay, coping strategy.

Yeah. I think there's a limited amount of benefit you get. I think it's valuable, but I don't think it's going to heal you. It's the same with science-based therapy. When I see science-based therapy anywhere, I think, okay, coping strategy.

Yeah. I think there's a limited amount of benefit you get. I think it's valuable, but I don't think it's going to heal you. It's the same with science-based therapy. When I see science-based therapy anywhere, I think, okay, coping strategy.

Science-based therapy? It's quite common in... Ironically, in the mental health field, CBT is the gold standard, what we're talking about, in anxiety therapy. And CBT, in my practice, doesn't have a whole lot of penetration. It helps. I find it really helpful for victim mentality. CBT is one of the best things for victim mentality.

Science-based therapy? It's quite common in... Ironically, in the mental health field, CBT is the gold standard, what we're talking about, in anxiety therapy. And CBT, in my practice, doesn't have a whole lot of penetration. It helps. I find it really helpful for victim mentality. CBT is one of the best things for victim mentality.

Science-based therapy? It's quite common in... Ironically, in the mental health field, CBT is the gold standard, what we're talking about, in anxiety therapy. And CBT, in my practice, doesn't have a whole lot of penetration. It helps. I find it really helpful for victim mentality. CBT is one of the best things for victim mentality.