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Why Your Brain Thinks the World is Scarier Than It Is
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Think you’ve got a good handle on what’s dangerous? Take my three-question quiz in this episode and prepare to be surprised.
Join me as we unpack:
- Why your brain is wired to overestimate rare threats
- How news and social media manipulate your attention with the "triple threat" formula: Negative, Novel, and Emotional
- How relentless exposure to worst-case scenarios is subtly programming you to live in defense mode.
But don’t worry—You’ll also learn:
- How to “retrain” your brain to perceive the world more accurately
- Why consuming news is like eating dessert (and what your psychological vegetables should be)
- Simple practices that can reset your emotional baseline and lower chronic anxiety
Time Stamps
00:30 – Welcome + Risk Quiz
03:45 – Quiz Answers Revealed
06:10 – Media’s Attention-Trap: Negativity + Novelty + Emotion
09:30 – The “Iceberg” of Emotion
12:20 – Plane Fear Explained
15:00 – Leave Skittish Behind: No Longer a Mental Rabbit
18:10 – Mental Junk-Food vs. Mental Vegetables
21:20 – Try a Media Fast
24:00 – Practical Tools for a Stable Mind
27:30 – Kindness Narrative
For full show notes, including resources mentioned, go to https://www.calmyourcaveman.com/episodes/why-your-brain-thinks-the-world-is-scarier-than-it-is
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