Dr. Russell Kennedy

It's basically trying to do anything you can to escape the pain.

I remember when you were saying that. Well, as Jordan Peterson says, I think the only way out is through. I really do think that you have to get to know yourself and allow yourself to feel because so much of anxiety basically is not allowing yourself to feel. There's a little meme that says, you know, overthinking is under feeling.

I remember when you were saying that. Well, as Jordan Peterson says, I think the only way out is through. I really do think that you have to get to know yourself and allow yourself to feel because so much of anxiety basically is not allowing yourself to feel. There's a little meme that says, you know, overthinking is under feeling.

I remember when you were saying that. Well, as Jordan Peterson says, I think the only way out is through. I really do think that you have to get to know yourself and allow yourself to feel because so much of anxiety basically is not allowing yourself to feel. There's a little meme that says, you know, overthinking is under feeling.

So if you can't feel yourself, and this is consistent with my theory of alarm, if you can't feel yourself, you're going to have to do something to just try and discharge that energy. And that comes typically from overthinking and rumination, which gives you the illusion that you are hiding from this alarm, but you're not.

So if you can't feel yourself, and this is consistent with my theory of alarm, if you can't feel yourself, you're going to have to do something to just try and discharge that energy. And that comes typically from overthinking and rumination, which gives you the illusion that you are hiding from this alarm, but you're not.

So if you can't feel yourself, and this is consistent with my theory of alarm, if you can't feel yourself, you're going to have to do something to just try and discharge that energy. And that comes typically from overthinking and rumination, which gives you the illusion that you are hiding from this alarm, but you're not.

It is one of those things that just you're dangling yourself over the gates of hell. And it's understanding that you really have to allow yourself to feel this stuff. And this is why therapy is so important, especially for men, and especially in men's groups, where you can feel this through your body and see other men feeling the same thing. Because the crisis with men now is so massive.

It is one of those things that just you're dangling yourself over the gates of hell. And it's understanding that you really have to allow yourself to feel this stuff. And this is why therapy is so important, especially for men, and especially in men's groups, where you can feel this through your body and see other men feeling the same thing. Because the crisis with men now is so massive.

It is one of those things that just you're dangling yourself over the gates of hell. And it's understanding that you really have to allow yourself to feel this stuff. And this is why therapy is so important, especially for men, and especially in men's groups, where you can feel this through your body and see other men feeling the same thing. Because the crisis with men now is so massive.

And then it just gets stuffed down and stuffed down. And there's so much self-reproach and there's so much negativity towards men that men use the internet to sort of hurt themselves because there's just so much negativity out there about men. And if you don't have a way of releasing that, either through play, sports is great.

And then it just gets stuffed down and stuffed down. And there's so much self-reproach and there's so much negativity towards men that men use the internet to sort of hurt themselves because there's just so much negativity out there about men. And if you don't have a way of releasing that, either through play, sports is great.

And then it just gets stuffed down and stuffed down. And there's so much self-reproach and there's so much negativity towards men that men use the internet to sort of hurt themselves because there's just so much negativity out there about men. And if you don't have a way of releasing that, either through play, sports is great.

Play is another great way of releasing trauma because when you're traumatized as a child, you activate both your parasympathetic, your shutdown nervous system, and your activated nervous system at the same time. And there's not really a whole lot of other ways in the world that that happens. So when you go into play, you're doing the same thing. You're doing that same co-activation.

Play is another great way of releasing trauma because when you're traumatized as a child, you activate both your parasympathetic, your shutdown nervous system, and your activated nervous system at the same time. And there's not really a whole lot of other ways in the world that that happens. So when you go into play, you're doing the same thing. You're doing that same co-activation.

Play is another great way of releasing trauma because when you're traumatized as a child, you activate both your parasympathetic, your shutdown nervous system, and your activated nervous system at the same time. And there's not really a whole lot of other ways in the world that that happens. So when you go into play, you're doing the same thing. You're doing that same co-activation.

The sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system are both active at the same time. And you get a chance to sort of reprocess that old sort of slush fund of stuff that never got processed. So play, tears, being emotionally open. Here's another thing that I've heard on the podcast. Your thinking brain, your writing brain, and your speaking brain are three different brains.

The sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system are both active at the same time. And you get a chance to sort of reprocess that old sort of slush fund of stuff that never got processed. So play, tears, being emotionally open. Here's another thing that I've heard on the podcast. Your thinking brain, your writing brain, and your speaking brain are three different brains.

The sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system are both active at the same time. And you get a chance to sort of reprocess that old sort of slush fund of stuff that never got processed. So play, tears, being emotionally open. Here's another thing that I've heard on the podcast. Your thinking brain, your writing brain, and your speaking brain are three different brains.

So if you can journal, if you can say it out loud, and you can think it, you're kind of spreading out the trouble into different areas. And a lot of what happens is that these disparate parts of our brains... start running the show. So the more links you can get between these two, all these things, the more sort of a buffer that you have. So journaling, I think is great. I think speaking is great.