#183 Neuroscientist Explains How Your Brain Is Affected by Fear, Isolation and Anxiety | Moriel Zelikowsky on Impact Theory
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08/11/20
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On this episode of Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, she discusses her own research into how extreme social isolation affects mice and humans. She talks about what drew her to the science of emotions, why fear is adaptive, and presents some surprising reasons to question the general advice that PTSD sufferers should join support groups.
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SHOW NOTES:
Moriel discusses what drew her to the science of emotions [0:35]
Moriel right now is working on social isolation and how it affects the brain [3:39]
Violence happens often after social isolation in mice [6:33]
Fear becomes much more persistent after isolation [7:57]
Social isolation hijacks systems that normally produce positive results [12:01]
For mice, two weeks of social isolation is long enough to cause severe consequences [14:46]
To what degree does social media mitigate or exacerbate social isolation? [16:08]
Moriel discusses the most recent research on fear and where it’s located in the brain [18:18]
Moriel explains why fear is adaptive and helpful [20:25]
Moriel details how general anxiety disorder builds on itself [24:05]
The most common therapy for PTSD is some form of exposure therapy [26:15]
Moriel describes an experiment on PTSD with truly surprising results [28:27] Q
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On this episode of Conversations with Tom Bilyeu, Bret Weinstein advocates learning to see both individual responsibility and collective responsibility simultaneously. He discusses the Unity 2020 platform, shares some insight on Andrew Yang’s presidency, and talks about what we need to do now to avoid civil war, environmental destruction, and general moral failure.
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SHOW NOTES:
You are living in your own simulation, which is your biggest asset and your biggest liability [2:11]
Fights, whether marital or societal, are rarely only about the explicit content [3:18]
Those who see the hazard clearly don’t understand where the energy is coming from [7:26]
Bret describes rent-seeking behavior and how it is impossible to eliminate it entirely [13:25]
Bret and Tom discuss learned helplessness and why it’s such a bad idea [18:31]
Bret describes the collective responsibility we have as human beings [25:03]
Tom compares liberals and conservatives to visionaries and integrationists [28:35]
Radical change sucks, but may be necessary, and personal responsibility is paramount [33:10]
Tom and Bret discuss the severe divisions in current American society [36:28]
Bret describes the Unity 2020 plan and why we need to remove influence peddling [44:22]
Tom explains why he was so interested in Andrew Yang [45:54]
Bret talks about what you can learn from Andrew Yang’s presidency [49:41]
A groundswell of support is more important than naming a ticket for Unity 2020 [54:04]
Tom talks about the intoxication of rage and cognitive bias [1:00:06]
We are the ones we have been waiting for [1:04:25]
Tom and Bret discuss the leaders we need to have and how to find them [1:06:21]
Bret talks about the desire to remain unenlightened [1:14:18]
The US tries to step out of the normal evolutionary current and do something different [1:20:01]
Tom and Bret discuss the problem with attacking the scientific method itself [1:22:49]
Our education system has screwed people up so badly that they don’t want to learn [1:29:53]
Natural selection has turned sex for humans into a bonding mechanism [1:36:05]
Tom discusses Thomas Sowell and the Black Lives Matter movement [1:46:26]
Bret discusses the likelihood of Donald Trump being reelected [1:50:41]
Bret explains why schools don’t get fixed [1:53:22]
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On this episode of Health Theory with Tom Bilyeu, Jennifer Haythe discusses the immediate situation regarding the coronavirus, and also the long-term effects of the disease. Then, she and Tom get into a discussion about a topic that is on a lot of people’s minds as a result of COVID-19. They talk about death itself, how our culture doesn’t deal with it well, and what we need to do to make the dying process more humane.
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[0:00] Intro: Tom explains why this is going to be a great episode and introduces Jennifer.
[1:09] COVID-19 Isn’t Over: Jennifer describes the experience of dealing with COVID-19 in New York City hospitals, and talks about what will be required to achieve herd immunity.
[8:39] COVID-19 Long Term: Jennifer explains why COVID-19 is so scary, how it damages so many different organs, and also why she is hopeful for those who recover.
[13:37] Protect Your Health: Jennifer details the steps people can take to keep themselves healthy, reduce their preexisting conditions, and improve their immune systems.
[21:39] Face Death: Jennifer discusses American’s unwillingness to face the reality of death, and why sometimes extraordinary measures at the end of life are unnecessary to the point of being unethical.
[29:49] Make Death Better: We project too many of our own feelings onto the dying, and if we want the dying process to be more humane we need to really learn to listen to patients.
[34:41] Culture & Death: Tom and Jennifer discuss the experience of seeing a dead body and why grief happens in such different ways, even to the same person.
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