Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi everyone, hope you are doing well today.
Firstly, a quick intro about this post. I have noticed how many people are suffering from anxiety and depression, and a few of the recent conversations on here have really concerned me, and I really don't know how to help. There are also a lot of posts about focus, or lack of, something I do actually experience on a regular basis.
I'm on this forum to try to understand myself better, understand others, and to hopefully share what I've learned with others.
I find it very difficult to understand things on an emotional level, so I like to try to understand the mechanisms behind things. If you understand the mechanisms you have a better chance of finding solutions to problems. And you have a better chance of understanding why people might be offering certain solutions. That might come from my childhood interest in science and engineering.
Anyway, to further understand myself, and others, it's easier for me to learn about the brain itself.
And so, to the point.
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I've recently been watching a lot of video/podcasts by Andrew Huberman, professor of neurobiology at Stanford University School of Medicine. This month's content is all about mental health and the underlying biological mechanisms involved. He goes into neurological pathways, brain chemistry, physical/pharmaceutical interventions etc.
He does not diagnose, nor does he recommend self-diagnosis of these conditions, and always advocates discussion with your clinician.
All he does is lay out information explaining what is actually going on in the brain at a biological/chemical level. His content is free, timestamped for ease of use, but his videos are long. They do get quite technical at times, but are very accessible and quite easy to understand.
There are a few things I've already implemented, rather sceptically, but found them to have a rather immediate effect, such as physiological sighs for reducing stress response. I have found his recent videos about depression, ADHD/focus, and the latest one about dopamine incredibly interesting and useful.
Physiological sighs video - www.youtube.com/watch
I believe his content will be of interest, and useful, to anyone, but particularly those who are detail driven, of an analytical nature, and who like to understand the mechanisms at play.
*I hope this is allowable content on this forum. I'm not selling, sponsored or anything, not trying to diagnose or prescribe anything. I genuinely believe that the information he shares will be very useful to many people on this forum, to help them understand themselves and their thought processes better.*
ANDREW HUBERMAN - HUBERMAN LAB - on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/c/AndrewHubermanLab/videos
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I hope you are all well. Take care everyone. Have a great day
I'm only a quarter of the way through a discussion between Andrew Huberman and Dr Anna Lembke, but it's very enlightening.
It's about the processes involved in addiction, but not just substances. It includes behavioural addiction, narrative addiction etc. And it touches on the stresses of modern life.
It might be helpful to some. Maybe we become addicted to our own thoughts?
www.youtube.com/watch
EDIT:
Finished watching this one. Brilliant discussion. There are so many aspects of this that relate to my life, decisions, mistakes etc, and how I've made changes and improvements in the past few years. Basically, don't just look at this video in terms of addiction. It's so much more than that.
Always learning something...