Dr. Russell Kennedy

So if the brain reads this sense of alarm, it's not going to make up stories about cookies and picnics. It's going to make up stories that are your worst fears. And as Goggin says, you know, your mind has a tactical advantage over you.

So when you get this alarm and something triggers you in your internal or external environment, you're likely to go back into this worst case scenario thing and to try to make sense of it. I think people worry because what worry does is in my opinion, is it makes the uncertain appear more certain. Now, that certainty can be abhorrent. We don't want that certainty.

So when you get this alarm and something triggers you in your internal or external environment, you're likely to go back into this worst case scenario thing and to try to make sense of it. I think people worry because what worry does is in my opinion, is it makes the uncertain appear more certain. Now, that certainty can be abhorrent. We don't want that certainty.

So when you get this alarm and something triggers you in your internal or external environment, you're likely to go back into this worst case scenario thing and to try to make sense of it. I think people worry because what worry does is in my opinion, is it makes the uncertain appear more certain. Now, that certainty can be abhorrent. We don't want that certainty.

But in our brains, we get that little dopamine hit from, oh, I'm on the right track. This makes sense. If my daughter doesn't come home, oh, did you get hit by a car? That makes sense in your brain. You get a little shot of dopamine.

But in our brains, we get that little dopamine hit from, oh, I'm on the right track. This makes sense. If my daughter doesn't come home, oh, did you get hit by a car? That makes sense in your brain. You get a little shot of dopamine.

But in our brains, we get that little dopamine hit from, oh, I'm on the right track. This makes sense. If my daughter doesn't come home, oh, did you get hit by a car? That makes sense in your brain. You get a little shot of dopamine.

that are completely consistent with what you've been scared of in the past.

that are completely consistent with what you've been scared of in the past.

that are completely consistent with what you've been scared of in the past.

Because what was the uncertainty in your childhood? You were bullied. That was one. So when we go back to that place, the thing is the amygdala in our brains has no sense of time. So when we hear someone being bullied, we may go into this bodily state that was the same as the bodily state we had when we were eight years old and we were being bullied.

Because what was the uncertainty in your childhood? You were bullied. That was one. So when we go back to that place, the thing is the amygdala in our brains has no sense of time. So when we hear someone being bullied, we may go into this bodily state that was the same as the bodily state we had when we were eight years old and we were being bullied.

Because what was the uncertainty in your childhood? You were bullied. That was one. So when we go back to that place, the thing is the amygdala in our brains has no sense of time. So when we hear someone being bullied, we may go into this bodily state that was the same as the bodily state we had when we were eight years old and we were being bullied.

And then that alarm comes up in our system, paralyzes our prefrontal cortex. So we start thinking emotionally rather than rationally. So not only do we make more worries when we're lit up, but the rational part of our brain that would tell you, hey, those worries, they're never going to happen. That gets shut off. So we get double whammied.

And then that alarm comes up in our system, paralyzes our prefrontal cortex. So we start thinking emotionally rather than rationally. So not only do we make more worries when we're lit up, but the rational part of our brain that would tell you, hey, those worries, they're never going to happen. That gets shut off. So we get double whammied.

And then that alarm comes up in our system, paralyzes our prefrontal cortex. So we start thinking emotionally rather than rationally. So not only do we make more worries when we're lit up, but the rational part of our brain that would tell you, hey, those worries, they're never going to happen. That gets shut off. So we get double whammied.

So the thing about uncertainty there, I think, is just that uncertainty is one of those things that triggers us emotionally. And if you didn't get repair when you were younger, so if you're in an environment where your parents fight or whatever, and they come back and they say, you know, mom and dad had a fight, it just happens that way.

So the thing about uncertainty there, I think, is just that uncertainty is one of those things that triggers us emotionally. And if you didn't get repair when you were younger, so if you're in an environment where your parents fight or whatever, and they come back and they say, you know, mom and dad had a fight, it just happens that way.

So the thing about uncertainty there, I think, is just that uncertainty is one of those things that triggers us emotionally. And if you didn't get repair when you were younger, so if you're in an environment where your parents fight or whatever, and they come back and they say, you know, mom and dad had a fight, it just happens that way.

The children are probably going to have a better, more resilient and more capable nervous system than children that don't have any trauma, that don't have any wounding. It's not so much the trauma, it's the fact that it wasn't repaired. And if it's repaired, the child learns, oh, shit can go down in the hood, but I'm still okay. My nervous system is still okay.