In this episode, Dr. Alauna reflects on America's most recent Presidential Debate between Former President Donald Trump and Current President Joe Biden on June 27, 2024. The stakes for our country are extremely high, and watching this as a trauma psychiatrist, I realized that we HAVE to talk about the aging brain! Both candidates have clearly observable challenges, but without mental health awareness and education, these concerning symptoms may not be obvious. Over the next few episodes, we will explore the various presentations of the aging brain, including addressing different types of dementias, personality disorders, and other mental health factors that America's voters need to consider when choosing our next leader. Stay tuned for more Minding Your Amygdala Podcast!

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Have you noticed that society seems more divided than ever? How can so many people be living in the same world, yet experiencing such different realities? Enter our brain and biology! While some have become aware of the importance of understanding implicit and explicit bias, I believe the strongest human bias is confirmation bias, the tendency to believe in our own "rightness" and therefore our brain gives greater weight to information that reinforces our own perspective and downgrades evidence to the contrary (even if it is more grounded in evidence or accurate.)

The advancement of technologies such as the internet, graphic design and social media have ensured that finding someone to agree with us is easier than ever, yet this can result in "silos of psychosis," where enough people in agreement can create deeply shared false beliefs. In this episode of Minding Your Amygdala, you'll learn more about confirmation bias, and how to use empathy to combat this feature of human biology!

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We are absorbing an INCREDIBLE amount of trauma lately. From the very public medical emergency of Damar Hamlin, to the release of brutal footage of police beating Tyre Nichols, we find ourselves in the space to again, be a witness. According to dictionary.com, to be a witness is to "be present, personally see or perceive a thing; a beholder, spectator, or eyewitness."

This episode of MYA is centered on the importance of building our individual trauma resilience skills. There is no "right" or "wrong" way to feel about these events; the key is to identify effective actions that help create healthy change. Dr. A shares her 3As of Coping with Secondary Trauma: Acknowledgment, Awareness, & Action! It's important to understand how "indirect trauma" still can directly impact our brain, causing "programming changes."

Learn more about your brain, body and behavior with Dr. Alauna on March 9-11, 2023 at https://thetraumacure.com. Join us for The Trauma C.U.R.E. : Creators Using Radical Empathy, for 3 days of fun and informative education, coaching and skill building! It's the most fun you'll ever have talking and thinking about trauma!

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