Neuroscientist REVEALS The Top 5 WORST Habits That Are DESTROYING Your BRAIN... | Dr. Wendy Suzuki

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1. Lack of sleep 2. Smoking 3. Alcohol 4. Processed foods 5. Excessive screen time

Excessive phone use or anything similar such as gambling, pornography, video games, Tik Tok, etc. The more we enage with those activities the worse our baseline dopamine levels are going to be. What that means we need more and more to excited. We need more and more to feel joy. Also our attention span gets worse. Another thing I'd like to point out is (based one of the previous episodes of this podcast), Steven apparently has ADHD so we also have to take this to an account. People with ADHD need more stimulation to get motivated/focus. Myself as an HSP I actually need to stay away from stimulation. Reading books, meditation/mindfulness, writing helps me tremendously. I avoid the news. I am not on social media, Tik Tok, don't watch TV, Netflix, don't play games, don't watch porn, etc. With YouTube I put time limits on how much time I spend on it. I also sometimes have cold showers, avoid too much caffeine, I don't drink alcohol and I don't smoke either. My energy levels are high, quality of my sleep is good, my attention span is really good. And I really enjoy little things in life. I can also engage with difficult tasks and have motivation to do them. There are many other things that can ruin our brains/wellbeing/mental health: - loneliness - unprocessed trauma - suppresing emotions - stress in general - lack of sunlight - sugar - certain types of medication/drugs - people pleasing - not living a life according to own values - negative core beliefs (hating yourself, being self-critical) - not being authentic (no opportunities for self expression) - being around negative/abusive people/environments (e.g. being subject to narcissistic abuse, DV, any other forms of abuse)

I have to say that I just started watching your clips and they are absolutely perfect for watching during a quick ten minutes of cardio. Love them.

It's so nice that we have so many neuroscientist just re-iterating common sense..... unbelievable..

I am 51 and I still have a feature phone/dumb phone. And I still use my old digital camera to take photos. I suggest you getting rid of your smartphone, buying a dumb one and start a new life! You will still be able to use your laptop (almost anywhere), when you need internet access, but you won't be tempted to use your smart phone while walking or travelling! And you will become a normal human being!

I am 49 and see how social media destroys me.

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These talks are always meaningful and to the point 💙💙💙. Thank you tons.

family of 4 walks into same restaurant I am having lunch in. Family is seated after which all four proceed to fixate on their cell phones. Waiter approaches them and they put down cell phones long enough to order, then all return their attention to cell phones. Food arrives. Family eats, saying little to each other it seemed. Meal is consumed. Family returns to their phones briefly before leaving. what the F is wrong with this picture?? would these people be easy to manipulate by a technocracy? duh....

I think social media for socialising is akin to processed foods for nourishment. There will be a wealth of mental (and physical) health problems identified over the coming years (I’m sure many have already been identified) just as processed foods as caused so much health problems over the last 50 years.

Top 1 is life

What she says is true. I Have had insomnia since birth, gets worse by the decade. All my real friends were dead before the age of 50. All of my and my wifes acquaintances have dissappeared since covid. I now find it slow and difficult to collect the words together then format them into coherent language on the rare occasions that I do Speak to someone about something interesting or worthwhile.

I'm not sleeping, addicted to the devices, no social life apart from work. I don't drink or smoke. Sometimes eat at takeaway. I try to exercise. I'm not mindful. ADHD.

I quit social media because of mean post, ads, and scams.

I can't sleep more than 4 hrs. Back in the day I guess it was common to wake up in the middle of the night and people socialized...had First Breakfast then went back to sleep.

I drink to forget not to remember.

Pretty sure watching YouTube health segments is right up there.

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Therapy … that is where I am .. and where people in therapy are … can you be with your thoughts