Ep 323 How Your Brain Tricks You Into Expecting the Worst
How often do you tell yourself a story about how awful something will be and then you get to the thing you were worried about and think, 'That wasn't such a big deal!'
Our brains are wired to anticipate and focus on potential threats—this is a survival mechanism known as negativity bias.
It evolved to help early humans stay alert to dangers, but in modern life, it often leads us to overestimate how bad a situation will be.
In today's episode, I explore a few psychological terms that are at play AND how to overcome them.
- Negativity Bias
- Impact Bias
- The Brain’s Prediction Error - Our brains aren't great at predicting emotional outcomes accurately!!
In my research, I found we are remarkably bad at predicting their future emotions—especially how long negative feelings will last.
Most of the time, we adapt much faster than we expect.
Also, Coach Steph joins me on the podcast and shares how all of this was at play for her when she was thinking about getting up early for a workout!
I also share how this was happening when the stock market took a dip in the last couple weeks.
You don't want to miss this. I find it extremely helpful to be able to recognize when our brain is in a reactive fear-based mode so I can clearly think through situations and move forward towards what I actually want!
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