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Okay. So that's when, I mean, presumably that's when you get anxiety, right? When you start thinking about the future.

Okay. So that's when, I mean, presumably that's when you get anxiety, right? When you start thinking about the future.

So this particular person, this brain scan that I have here, this guy was in a car accident. And the triggered brain that I'm looking at here is he was basically put in an fMRI scanner. And he was intentionally triggered to see what would happen in his brain. Exactly. So he was shown maybe a car accident or something.

So this particular person, this brain scan that I have here, this guy was in a car accident. And the triggered brain that I'm looking at here is he was basically put in an fMRI scanner. And he was intentionally triggered to see what would happen in his brain. Exactly. So he was shown maybe a car accident or something.

Oh, you showed him a picture of his car.

Oh, you showed him a picture of his car.

Your sensory details. And the right side of his brain was illuminated.

Your sensory details. And the right side of his brain was illuminated.

Are you consciously reliving it or is your subconscious reliving it?

Are you consciously reliving it or is your subconscious reliving it?

And my body?

And my body?

So I've been triggered in the past and I felt that sort of instant fight or flight response because something's happened or whatever. And it's instantaneous. So although I don't feel like I'm back there, my body does feel like it's back there.

So I've been triggered in the past and I felt that sort of instant fight or flight response because something's happened or whatever. And it's instantaneous. So although I don't feel like I'm back there, my body does feel like it's back there.

And is there a way for this particular gentleman here who's been through that car crash to ever stop this triggering?

And is there a way for this particular gentleman here who's been through that car crash to ever stop this triggering?

He's done quite well.

He's done quite well.

And what was his results?

And what was his results?