Dr. Russell Kennedy

But again, unless you go at the alarm, unless you go at this somatically, unless you feel it, unless you allow yourself to go back and visit that time that you were... you know, abused or abandoned or neglected. I have this acronym I call ALARM. I got through med school with acronyms and it's called ALARM.

But again, unless you go at the alarm, unless you go at this somatically, unless you feel it, unless you allow yourself to go back and visit that time that you were... you know, abused or abandoned or neglected. I have this acronym I call ALARM. I got through med school with acronyms and it's called ALARM.

But again, unless you go at the alarm, unless you go at this somatically, unless you feel it, unless you allow yourself to go back and visit that time that you were... you know, abused or abandoned or neglected. I have this acronym I call ALARM. I got through med school with acronyms and it's called ALARM.

So if you experienced abuse, physical, emotional, sexual abuse, loss, loss of parents, loss of divorce, abandonment is the A. R is a rejection or bullying. M is anything that made you mature too early. So if you had to become the man of the house or the woman of the house too early, and then the S is for shame. And these things, if they're not repaired, form this state of alarm in your body.

So if you experienced abuse, physical, emotional, sexual abuse, loss, loss of parents, loss of divorce, abandonment is the A. R is a rejection or bullying. M is anything that made you mature too early. So if you had to become the man of the house or the woman of the house too early, and then the S is for shame. And these things, if they're not repaired, form this state of alarm in your body.

So if you experienced abuse, physical, emotional, sexual abuse, loss, loss of parents, loss of divorce, abandonment is the A. R is a rejection or bullying. M is anything that made you mature too early. So if you had to become the man of the house or the woman of the house too early, and then the S is for shame. And these things, if they're not repaired, form this state of alarm in your body.

And that alarm in your body is what's actually creating the worries, the what-ifs, the worst-case scenarios in your mind as a way of protecting you from the alarm. So if you go right at the alarm, you're healing the source of the problem. And this is what psychotherapy doesn't really do. Like, how have you found CBT as far as your anxiety?

And that alarm in your body is what's actually creating the worries, the what-ifs, the worst-case scenarios in your mind as a way of protecting you from the alarm. So if you go right at the alarm, you're healing the source of the problem. And this is what psychotherapy doesn't really do. Like, how have you found CBT as far as your anxiety?

And that alarm in your body is what's actually creating the worries, the what-ifs, the worst-case scenarios in your mind as a way of protecting you from the alarm. So if you go right at the alarm, you're healing the source of the problem. And this is what psychotherapy doesn't really do. Like, how have you found CBT as far as your anxiety?

Yeah. And again, I think it's really about this default mode network. I've done a ton of research on this, going to AI and saying, okay, how does the habenula react with the default mode network? Habenula, Huberman talks about too, like the disappointment nucleus, right? So it knocks off, it slows down the serotonin and the dopamine in your brain. So dopamine is involved in movement.

Yeah. And again, I think it's really about this default mode network. I've done a ton of research on this, going to AI and saying, okay, how does the habenula react with the default mode network? Habenula, Huberman talks about too, like the disappointment nucleus, right? So it knocks off, it slows down the serotonin and the dopamine in your brain. So dopamine is involved in movement.

Yeah. And again, I think it's really about this default mode network. I've done a ton of research on this, going to AI and saying, okay, how does the habenula react with the default mode network? Habenula, Huberman talks about too, like the disappointment nucleus, right? So it knocks off, it slows down the serotonin and the dopamine in your brain. So dopamine is involved in movement.

You don't have dopamine, you have Parkinson's. So when you don't have movement, when you don't have dopamine, you lose your motivation and you also freeze, like physically freeze. So when you're in your bed and you can't move and you can't get out, and I've heard you talk about this too, that's the habenula. It's freezing you in this state that you can't move and then freeze.

You don't have dopamine, you have Parkinson's. So when you don't have movement, when you don't have dopamine, you lose your motivation and you also freeze, like physically freeze. So when you're in your bed and you can't move and you can't get out, and I've heard you talk about this too, that's the habenula. It's freezing you in this state that you can't move and then freeze.

You don't have dopamine, you have Parkinson's. So when you don't have movement, when you don't have dopamine, you lose your motivation and you also freeze, like physically freeze. So when you're in your bed and you can't move and you can't get out, and I've heard you talk about this too, that's the habenula. It's freezing you in this state that you can't move and then freeze.

And then you're kind of pinned to the bed with all these negative thoughts.

And then you're kind of pinned to the bed with all these negative thoughts.

And then you're kind of pinned to the bed with all these negative thoughts.

Totally. And then being able to say, like, for me, what's really, really helped me is going, OK, I'm frozen right now. It might be my habenula. You know, it's nice.

Totally. And then being able to say, like, for me, what's really, really helped me is going, OK, I'm frozen right now. It might be my habenula. You know, it's nice.