Emily McDonald

You know, what did I do wrong?

Like people around me like, oh no, like you did great.

You did amazing.

What are you talking about?

And my perception of the situation was literally inaccurate because I was stressed and my amygdala was upset.

scanning my reality for potential threats to keep me safe.

So if we are constantly doubting ourselves and having this negative mindset or we just are stressed in general, then our amygdala is going to hijack our perception and we're not even going to be able to notice the opportunities or the things that we want or the blessings or the manifestations.

The thing that you want could walk in the door, but your brain is filtering for potential things that could go wrong.

to keep you safe because that's the state that your nervous system is in.

And if you're always doubting yourself and you're saying, oh, I'm not sure this is going to work out, well, your brain is going to filter for reasons why that is true.

It's going to filter your reality to confirm that belief.

That's confirmation bias.

Your brain is always filtering your reality to confirm the beliefs you already have.

And I remember learning that you actually get dopamine too when your brain confirms a belief you hold.

Even if it's negative.

Even if it's negative.

And so your brain reinforces itself for being negative and believing in the wrong thing.

And that's where, you know, when you're like, oh, I knew that was going to happen.

Like when something goes wrong and you're like, oh, I just feel like, you know, it's not going to work out.

And then it doesn't.