Dr. Russell Kennedy

If you look at the neuroscience of blame, you're taking yourself out of the default mode network, this sort of constant negative self-appraisal, negative self-evaluation, and you're putting it out onto somebody else. And when you do that, your amygdala drops in energy, your HPA axis drops, your cortisol drops. You just feel better.

And then so you get this thing in the States where the Democrats hate the Republicans and both go back and forth. But it feels better than just staying in your own default mode network, which is likely lit up by the uncertainty.

And then so you get this thing in the States where the Democrats hate the Republicans and both go back and forth. But it feels better than just staying in your own default mode network, which is likely lit up by the uncertainty.

And then so you get this thing in the States where the Democrats hate the Republicans and both go back and forth. But it feels better than just staying in your own default mode network, which is likely lit up by the uncertainty.

Well, and I think what it shows up with in humans is victim mentality. Because I haven't met anybody with a significant anxiety disorder that didn't have an underlying victim mentality. They'll deny it, but if you look at their behavior, if you look at the way they look at the world, and that victim mentality kind of paralyzes us. And I think it's also involved with this default mode network.

Well, and I think what it shows up with in humans is victim mentality. Because I haven't met anybody with a significant anxiety disorder that didn't have an underlying victim mentality. They'll deny it, but if you look at their behavior, if you look at the way they look at the world, and that victim mentality kind of paralyzes us. And I think it's also involved with this default mode network.

Well, and I think what it shows up with in humans is victim mentality. Because I haven't met anybody with a significant anxiety disorder that didn't have an underlying victim mentality. They'll deny it, but if you look at their behavior, if you look at the way they look at the world, and that victim mentality kind of paralyzes us. And I think it's also involved with this default mode network.

This is what I do every day as I read about two hours of study, two hours of neuroscience. And I'm putting together this theory of anxiety that it really is this default mode network that's at the hub of all of it.

This is what I do every day as I read about two hours of study, two hours of neuroscience. And I'm putting together this theory of anxiety that it really is this default mode network that's at the hub of all of it.

This is what I do every day as I read about two hours of study, two hours of neuroscience. And I'm putting together this theory of anxiety that it really is this default mode network that's at the hub of all of it.

And when you're locked in that default mode network, which is basically what your brain does, like in a daydreaming state or when you're not in the central executive network, when you're not actually focused on a task, your brain will default into this repetitive, reproducible kind of self-awareness. But the self-awareness is typically negative.

And when you're locked in that default mode network, which is basically what your brain does, like in a daydreaming state or when you're not in the central executive network, when you're not actually focused on a task, your brain will default into this repetitive, reproducible kind of self-awareness. But the self-awareness is typically negative.

And when you're locked in that default mode network, which is basically what your brain does, like in a daydreaming state or when you're not in the central executive network, when you're not actually focused on a task, your brain will default into this repetitive, reproducible kind of self-awareness. But the self-awareness is typically negative.

There's part of the development known network that really looks at how negatively you look at yourself. And it's like the inner critic is part of this default mode network. So if you're not actively involved in something and you're going and you're just driving somewhere and your brain is going into default mode, it may go into like, you're not a very good person. You can't do this.

There's part of the development known network that really looks at how negatively you look at yourself. And it's like the inner critic is part of this default mode network. So if you're not actively involved in something and you're going and you're just driving somewhere and your brain is going into default mode, it may go into like, you're not a very good person. You can't do this.

There's part of the development known network that really looks at how negatively you look at yourself. And it's like the inner critic is part of this default mode network. So if you're not actively involved in something and you're going and you're just driving somewhere and your brain is going into default mode, it may go into like, you're not a very good person. You can't do this.

Why are you trying to do this? You're never going to succeed. And while we stay in that default mode network, we kind of live our lives. And I lived my life like this for many, many years in this sort of default autopilot state. I would go to movies. I would go to social events. I was anxious as hell. I could fake it. And a lot of anxious people are really good at faking it.

Why are you trying to do this? You're never going to succeed. And while we stay in that default mode network, we kind of live our lives. And I lived my life like this for many, many years in this sort of default autopilot state. I would go to movies. I would go to social events. I was anxious as hell. I could fake it. And a lot of anxious people are really good at faking it.

Why are you trying to do this? You're never going to succeed. And while we stay in that default mode network, we kind of live our lives. And I lived my life like this for many, many years in this sort of default autopilot state. I would go to movies. I would go to social events. I was anxious as hell. I could fake it. And a lot of anxious people are really good at faking it.

But we're stuck in this kind of default loop where we can't get out of it. So I'm learning more ways now. that we actually become aware that we're in this default loop because there is a feeling to it. There is an alarm feeling to it. And how do we get ourselves out of it?