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If you feel constantly on edge, like something bad is always about to happen, it’s not your fault—and it’s not just you. Your brain is doing exactly what it was designed to do... just in the wrong environment.
In this episode, we dive into how the news, social media, and even your own memories hijack your emotional wiring. You’ll take a quiz that reveals how distorted your perception of danger may be—and learn how to recalibrate your sense of safety without going off the grid.
We’ll explore:
- Why your brain is obsessed with worst-case scenarios
- How fear-based headlines make anxiety your default setting
- What it means to be stuck in "rabbit mode" (and how to get out)
- Practical ways to rebalance your threat radar
- Emotional “vegetables” that train your brain to feel calmer, safer, and clearer
Time Stamps
00:30 – Welcome + Risk Quiz
03:15 – Media’s Attention-Trap: Negativity + Novelty + Emotion
09:30 – How Your Unconscious Brain Predicts the Future
15:00 – How Feeding Your Memory Affects Your Perception of Risk
18:10 – Mental Junk-Food vs. Mental Vegetables
22:19 – Kindness Narrative: A Kind Airline Pilot
For full show notes, including resources mentioned, go to https://www.calmyourcaveman.com/episodes/why-your-brain-thinks-the-world-is-scarier-than-it-is
Chapters
1. Why Your Brain Thinks the World is Scarier Than It Is (00:00:00)
2. Welcome + Risk Quiz (00:00:30)
3. Quiz Answers Revealed (00:01:15)
4. Media’s Attention-Trap: Negativity + Novelty + Emotion (00:03:15)
5. 09:30 – How Your Unconscious Brain Predicts the Future (00:09:30)
6. How Feeding Your Memory Affects Your Perception of Risk (00:15:00)
7. 18:10 – Mental Junk-Food vs. Mental Vegetables (00:18:10)
8. Kindness Narrative: A Kind Airline Pilot (00:22:19)
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