Dr. Alok Kanojia

Yes. So technology is like a hard squeeze. So if we use it first thing in the morning, we squeeze the lemon really hard and we get all the juice out. And then you have nothing left to feel good about because all of your dopamine stores have been depleted.

We were on our BlackBerrys, like checking emails.

We were on our BlackBerrys, like checking emails.

We were on our BlackBerrys, like checking emails.

Coming up next on The Jordan Harbinger Show. A lot of people think that by avoiding things, okay, I'm feeling anxious. Let me do something to make myself less anxious. When you feel that negative fear and anxiety and you engage in an avoidance strategy, you're actually strengthening the anxiety's control over you.

Coming up next on The Jordan Harbinger Show. A lot of people think that by avoiding things, okay, I'm feeling anxious. Let me do something to make myself less anxious. When you feel that negative fear and anxiety and you engage in an avoidance strategy, you're actually strengthening the anxiety's control over you.

Coming up next on The Jordan Harbinger Show. A lot of people think that by avoiding things, okay, I'm feeling anxious. Let me do something to make myself less anxious. When you feel that negative fear and anxiety and you engage in an avoidance strategy, you're actually strengthening the anxiety's control over you.

Yes. It's a great point. We restrict our definition of anxiety quite a bit. Yeah. So we think that I'm not allowed to feel anxious unless I'm afraid of something. Yes. But what I'm hearing is that certain parts of your brain, like especially your frontal lobes, recognize that there is a lot of work that needs to be done and is starting to think through.

Yes. It's a great point. We restrict our definition of anxiety quite a bit. Yeah. So we think that I'm not allowed to feel anxious unless I'm afraid of something. Yes. But what I'm hearing is that certain parts of your brain, like especially your frontal lobes, recognize that there is a lot of work that needs to be done and is starting to think through.

Yes. It's a great point. We restrict our definition of anxiety quite a bit. Yeah. So we think that I'm not allowed to feel anxious unless I'm afraid of something. Yes. But what I'm hearing is that certain parts of your brain, like especially your frontal lobes, recognize that there is a lot of work that needs to be done and is starting to think through.

It's sort of like mentally loading responsibility. Yes. which is not exactly anxiety, but I think a lot of the circuits are the same or the experience of it is the same.

It's sort of like mentally loading responsibility. Yes. which is not exactly anxiety, but I think a lot of the circuits are the same or the experience of it is the same.

It's sort of like mentally loading responsibility. Yes. which is not exactly anxiety, but I think a lot of the circuits are the same or the experience of it is the same.

Yeah. So I think there's two kinds of worry. There's worry that you're afraid that things will go bad. And then there is the anticipation of future effort. So you kind of know that you'll be OK, but your mind already knows that tomorrow is going to be heavy lip for me. It's going to be challenging for me. There's going to be some amount of suffering that goes into it.

Yeah. So I think there's two kinds of worry. There's worry that you're afraid that things will go bad. And then there is the anticipation of future effort. So you kind of know that you'll be OK, but your mind already knows that tomorrow is going to be heavy lip for me. It's going to be challenging for me. There's going to be some amount of suffering that goes into it.

Yeah. So I think there's two kinds of worry. There's worry that you're afraid that things will go bad. And then there is the anticipation of future effort. So you kind of know that you'll be OK, but your mind already knows that tomorrow is going to be heavy lip for me. It's going to be challenging for me. There's going to be some amount of suffering that goes into it.

We're anticipating our future subjective experience of difficulty as we solve our problems. And a lot of people think that I won't be anxious unless I'm worried about the outcome. No, you can absolutely be anxious about how much it's going to suck for you to have to deal with that.

We're anticipating our future subjective experience of difficulty as we solve our problems. And a lot of people think that I won't be anxious unless I'm worried about the outcome. No, you can absolutely be anxious about how much it's going to suck for you to have to deal with that.

We're anticipating our future subjective experience of difficulty as we solve our problems. And a lot of people think that I won't be anxious unless I'm worried about the outcome. No, you can absolutely be anxious about how much it's going to suck for you to have to deal with that.

Yeah, that's interesting. So do you have a sense of what changed for you over the course of those three years? Why don't you dread it anymore?