Orienting To Pleasure For Growth

When we have trauma as children our nervous system often learns that life is about avoiding pain as opposed to attending to pleasure.
In other words, we adopt an unconscious strategy of chronically seeking survival instead of enjoying our growth.
As we grow up, automatically, unconsciously and reflexively attuning to potential threats became a "default setting" in our mind and body that keeps us trapped in anxiety and alarm.
We must first be aware of this unconscious default setting to pain and begin to make the CONSCIOUS INTENTION to attend and attune to pleasure instead.
In this change in conscious intention towards growth and pleasure, we begin to overwrite the unconscious setting of protection.
Thank you for listening and you can find me on IG: @theanxietymd if you have any questions.
P.S I wrote THE book on healing anxiety. It's my life's work so that you don't have to suffer like I did.  
     
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[@elizabethblau7182]

Thank you Dr. Kennedy!!! We appreciate our videos tremendously!!

[@imonkamrul3843]

Thanks dr.russel..finally i overcame anxiety.. I wish i would see your video before..

[@bethbasham4595]

Also go to gratitude ❤

[@elsagrace3893]

I love doing massage and other things with my hands. I think it brings me i to the present moment. I look at and feel my hands and I feel real, present and grateful.

[@vivianwalsh1098]

"your dentist is going to drill into your brain" cracked me up, thank you! I relate to those false states. I will look for pleasure. This is what I need. I'll stsrt with chocolate today.❤❤

[@avathemis9878]

This is very, very helpful, thank you Dr. Kennedy.

[@msz6228]

Thank you for your podcast ! I can't wait next episode 😊

[@lalanellie8396]

Just going to burn some essential oil because that makes me feel sooo good and I don’t do it enough. Thank you so much. I needed this today. ❤

[@elsagrace3893]

Ugh with my family the threat will erupt way more than one in 25 times. They have severe anger issues and are disassociated from their thought and feeling so they blow at any time.

[@olgacotto7915]

Thank you!

[@mindfullife8589]

Thank you for this Dr. Kennedy. ❤

[@eileenvaughan6702]

EXCELLENT ......

[@charitysmith5245]

Thank you for what you're doing...it's lifechanging

[@b-positiveginny]

Thank you❤

[@verdespickles]

Thank you for this

[@rosyloveslearning3013]

Thank you. ❤

[@Irtzari]

Thank you so much ❤️

[@riyajacob2909]

Appreciated 🙏

[@DoDayDem]

You look a little tired. Thanks for the effort to do this

[@marilyn5208]

Guess I missed How to orient. Where is that? Thanks

[@tracirex]

I think orientation is the same as grounding. look up Emma McAdam grounding techniques

[@joe-zp7ge]

tapping does nothing when your in an anxious state...just a distraction

[@bethbasham4595]

For me, tapping helps. Everyone is different

[@Red23165]

Thank you ❤