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Title Page Copyright Page Foreward on Depression by Dr. Bryce Carter For individuals attempting to rebuild their lives following depression Introduction The Frog Brain and the Self-Image Living in the 21st century with the body and brain wiring that evolved over thousands of centuries The adrenal mind operates at the frog “brain level,” not at the self-aware level of our conscious mind. Adrenal stress reactions and behaviors become automatic, knee-jerk responses that bypass the fully self-aware mind. Things learned under adrenal stress are stored in the brain differently from non-adrenal events and become more persistent and vivid, pre-conscious memories. The nature of adrenal memories is at the root of understanding Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. An example of an adrenal event in the office Our goal is to dissolve irrational fears and to take more control of our lives. Why are half of all Americans overweight? Socialization estranges us from a part of our being that we must rediscover. My first “laboratory” for the observation of the ways of human predation and the adrenal stress reaction: a biker bar Understand how predators and bullies think. What three young men needed and what they really feared. The most dangerous predators Why would a convict feel he had to kill another inmate over a cigarette? The normal mind asks, “Why kill over a cigarette?” The patterns of thinking of predators and bullies is similar in whatever environment they might be found. Having a non-reactive, non-fearful mind in the office setting How predators choose their victims An example of the barroom predator’s “interview” modus operandi The passive response The aggressive response Understanding and recognizing the bully’s “interview” Dealing with the predator’s interview The difference between being assertive and being either aggressive or passive Being assertive In an important sense, we are all in the business of sales. What is self-defense? Self-defense is a subset of the larger goal of self-improvement. Choose your goals carefully, and make sure they are really your goals and not someone else’s. You just might achieve them! Sales is the job of successfully educating the customer to his needs. Sales is primarily the job of overcoming objections. Our character is our fate. The critical importance of developing an authentically strong personal self-image Racial and ethnic bigotry is motivated by fear and a weak self-image. An example of dealing correctly with the physical bully The non-reactive mind The basis of our self-image should be inner, not outer. Our emotions do not depend only on our experiences but also on how we process those experiences. Mind Controls Body An example of training for failure in the martial arts world Our brains can be taught at a near subconscious level to do remarkable things. Cascade failure of the self-image: an extreme case The excessive need for approval from others Cults: the institutionalized enablers of human weakness and fear Habits can be hard to break Discover the automatic responses you have developed to personal conflicts. Amplification, rigid self-rules, and self-fulfilling prophecies Amplification of the anxiety-producing situation Overly rigid rules for life Resigning oneself to self-fulfilling prophecies Many times the lack of approval from others has nothing to do with us, but with their own state of mind. Why we need to recognize dysfunctional personality types and negative self-dialogues People who try to detract from your personal self-image do not serve you. There is no true “killer instinct” in us. It is only survival instinct, and we need to get in touch with it to reclaim our mental wholeness. Physiological effects of adrenal stress When I was robbed at gunpoint The police arrive The criminal predator feels adrenal-based fear too during the commission of his crime. Auditory exclusion Loss of fine motor control Seeing things moving in slow motion Even serious martial arts training can fail under the high adrenal stress of an actual attack. How assertiveness applies to the workplace The survival instinct is most fully actualized in women as the maternal instinct. The areas of the brain that deal with fear are located in the phylogenetically old structures of the brain, sometimes called the frog brain or reptilian brain. The frog brain concept has been with us for centuries. But we are not samurai living in feudal Japan, but we deal with constant background stress. If we do not learn to manage and reduce stress, it can kill us. The Power of Mind Over Health Stress can be chronic or the result of an “incident.” Our bodies and minds respond differently to those two types of stress. Incident stress Chronic stress Chronic stress in the office How stress damages the heart and circulatory system We do not always recognize the level of stress we are under—even high levels of stress. A personal experience with stress Examine the incident and chronic stress you might be under. Dealing with the biggest fear of all: aging and death Some people are dying to retire; don’t be one of them. “Going postal” How much stress are you under? It can be measured. Some people are brain-wired for a high adrenal response to stress. The best and perhaps the only way to overcome fear is to face it. The hyper responders to the adrenal rush An experiment to identify hyper responders Wasn’t the act of driving a little scary when you first got your driver’s license? Responding rationally to difficult drivers Hypoglycemia Do you feel uncomfortable around crowds? We naturally avoid what we fear. Sometimes this is rational. Whose decision is it—yours, or your fear’s? What excess baggage are you bringing to the party? Our personal “worldview” Reaction formation and cognitive dissonance How your worldview can amplify a stressful situation When worlds collide: debating religion and politics “I Can’t” thinking Focus on what you can do rather than on what you can’t. Dealing with resentment toward those that you feel have abused or betrayed you Holding onto past injustices, transgressions and the spiritual toxin of hate Dealing rationally and productively with perceived betrayal or abuse in the office environment Dealing with problem co-workers is still selling, and all the fundamental rules of sales apply. The futility and counter-productive nature of personal emotional “arguments” in office negotiations The essential value and the necessity of forgiveness Anger comes from fear or pain. The role of anger in physical self-defense The value of meeting aggression without irrational fear Drug, Alcohol and Tobacco Addiction It is not the drug alone that causes the disintegration of a person’s life. Functional alcoholics How addicts have successfully freed themselves from addictions Our personality and genetic make-up interact in complex ways. How SSRI drugs came into being Do we really understand how SSRI’s work? My personal experience with Paxil Negative side effects of SSRI’s The Hawthorne Effect: the importance of attitude in productivity A night I will always remember
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