11 min
EP51 How to Save Yourself From A Lot of Stress Better Skills. Better Doctors.
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The brain really really hates incomplete pictures. It cannot tolerate gaps in a story or being left hanging. So, when you don’t have all the facts your brain just starts making shit up. And usually it fills in those gaps in the story with negative, worst-case scenario stuff. It starts filling the holes where the facts would be with very dramatic stories all in the attempt of self-preservation. The survival brain will always try to get you to turn around and run from the unknown. But...
The brain really really hates incomplete pictures. It cannot tolerate gaps in a story or being left hanging. So, when you don’t have all the facts your brain just starts making shit up. And usually it fills in those gaps in the story with negative, worst-case scenario stuff. It starts filling the holes where the facts would be with very dramatic stories all in the attempt of self-preservation. The survival brain will always try to get you to turn around and run from the unknown. But...
11 min