Why You Keep Repeating the Same Patterns - Dr K HealthyGamer (4K)

Dr K is a psychiatrist, Harvard Medical School instructor, co-founder of Healthy GamerGG, Twitch streamer and a YouTuber. Humans face a predicament that has never been seen before, a massive overload of stimulation. The effect of constant exposure to social media, video games, and porn is not good, but thankfully Dr K has developed a ton of powerful ways to finally take back control of your attention. Expect to learn what social media is doing to our brains, how much we can attribute the mental health crisis to screens, why anxiety and depression are so prevalent, how to let emotions into your life more, why therapy so often sucks for men, why high profile YouTubers are quitting, how to separate your self-worth from your accomplishments and much more... - 00:00 What is Technology Doing To Our Brains? 07:28 How to Deal With Shame 14:56 The Terrifying Survival Feature of Trauma 18:40 Why Anxiety is So Prevalent Today 27:27 How to Deal Better With Emotions 33:40 Opening Up About Your Feelings 37:38 Can You Have Too Much Self-Awareness? 45:28 The Antidote to a Distracted Mind 50:57 Learning About Your Own Thoughts 55:28 How to Do Well in Therapy 1:02:41 Why Therapy Sucks for Men 1:15:42 How Important is Talking for Men? 1:20:32 A Better Movement for Masculinity 1:25:56 Why YouTubers Are Quitting 1:41:31 Stop Moving the Goalposts 1:54:54 What Does it Mean to Dissolve Ego? 2:05:38 Where to Find Dr K - Get up to 32% discount on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout). Get 50% off your first box, and 20% off your next box of Factor Meals by going to https://factormeals.com/mw50 and use code mw50 at checkout. Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Check out Dr.K's channel https://www.youtube.com/@UClHVl2N3jPEbkNJVx-ItQIQ Dr.K's Guides to Mental Health https://bit.ly/4a90rPX Healthy Gamer Website https://www.healthygamer.gg/ Get access to every episode 10 hours before YouTube by subscribing for free on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn or Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic here - https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

Chris WilliamsonhostDr K (Alok Kanojia)guest

Apr 8, 20242h 7mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: April 8, 2024
Duration: 2h 7m
Channel: Modern Wisdom
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Dr K is a psychiatrist, Harvard Medical School instructor, co-founder of Healthy GamerGG, Twitch streamer and a YouTuber. Humans face a predicament that has never been seen before, a massive overload of stimulation. The effect of constant exposure to social media, video games, and porn is not good, but thankfully Dr K has developed a ton of powerful ways to finally take back control of your attention. Expect to learn what social media is doing to our brains, how much we can attribute the mental health crisis to screens, why anxiety and depression are so prevalent, how to let emotions into your life more, why therapy so often sucks for men, why high profile YouTubers are quitting, how to separate your self-worth from your accomplishments and much more... - 00:00 What is Technology Doing To Our Brains? 07:28 How to Deal With Shame 14:56 The Terrifying Survival Feature of Trauma 18:40 Why Anxiety is So Prevalent Today 27:27 How to Deal Better With Emotions 33:40 Opening Up About Your Feelings 37:38 Can You Have Too Much Self-Awareness? 45:28 The Antidote to a Distracted Mind 50:57 Learning About Your Own Thoughts 55:28 How to Do Well in Therapy 1:02:41 Why Therapy Sucks for Men 1:15:42 How Important is Talking for Men? 1:20:32 A Better Movement for Masculinity 1:25:56 Why YouTubers Are Quitting 1:41:31 Stop Moving the Goalposts 1:54:54 What Does it Mean to Dissolve Ego? 2:05:38 Where to Find Dr K - Get up to 32% discount on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout). Get 50% off your first box, and 20% off your next box of Factor Meals by going to https://factormeals.com/mw50 and use code mw50 at checkout. Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Check out Dr.K's channel https://www.youtube.com/@UClHVl2N3jPEbkNJVx-ItQIQ Dr.K's Guides to Mental Health https://bit.ly/4a90rPX Healthy Gamer Website https://www.healthygamer.gg/ Get access to every episode 10 hours before YouTube by subscribing for free on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn or Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic here - https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

SPEAKERS

Chris Williamson
host
Dr K (Alok Kanojia)
guest

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Modern Wisdom, featuring Chris Williamson and Dr K (Alok Kanojia), Why You Keep Repeating the Same Patterns - Dr K HealthyGamer (4K) explores technology, Trauma, And Attention: Why We Repeat Destructive Life Patterns Dr. K (Alok Kanojia) and Chris Williamson explore how modern technology—social media, gaming, and smartphones—suppresses negative emotions, erodes attention, and leaves people stuck in repeating life patterns. They connect Eastern concepts like samskaras and ego dissolution with Western ideas such as trauma, schemas, CBT, and neurobiology to explain shame, anxiety, depression, and avoidance. A major theme is that unprocessed emotions and hidden assumptions about the self create rigid identities that quietly dictate behavior, while tech offers endless ways to escape rather than process these feelings. They also examine men’s emotional illiteracy, why therapy often fails men, the mental health crisis among creators, and practical attentional and somatic practices to reclaim agency.

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