Entrepreneur Neels Visser-This is What Anxiety Looks Like

Recently, ‪@NeelsVisser1‬ a young entrepreneur, appeared in an episode of Scan My Brain with Dr. Daniel Emina. Visser was seeking a brain SPECT scan specifically to understand his own symptoms of anxiety and stress. “It kind of circulates in my brain daily, and I wanted to find better ways to manage it and understand it,” he told Dr. Emina. “Over the past 6 years, I’ve had a very unique lifestyle, where I’ve pretty much lived on airplanes every 4 to 5 days, and that has created a disbalance.” While most of us aren’t stressed out about jet-setting around the world, many Americans can relate to Visser’s feelings of anxiety, which he described as “a negative feedback loop” playing in his brain. But when Dr. Emina asked if there are any benefits to the loop, Visser admitted that it can aid him in preparing for life, such as by helping him avoid mistakes he’s made in the past. Dr. Emina briefly described how neurophysiology works in that way. “We have a thought pattern that eventually leads to an emotion, eventually leads to behaviors and repetition…and just like any other habit that we form, good or bad, you can strengthen them,” he said. “There may be good things about being able to overthink about a situation—that allows you to prepare for something. The challenge is usually when you get to a situation where you feel like you can’t improve, or you can’t fix.” Looking at Visser’s brain scan, Dr. Emina noted a lot of activity in the emotional brain, or the basal ganglia, which acts as the pleasure reward center and assists with fine motor movement. In addition, high activity in the caudate, which helps set anxiety levels, validated Visser’s reports of increased anxiety. Read more: https://www.amenclinics.com/blog/a-ps... SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE BRAIN HEALTH NEWS & TIPS https://www.youtube.com/subscription_... If you or someone you know would like more information about Amen Clinics, please call us or visit https://www.amenclinics.com/schedule-.... Within the U.S. call 1-888-288-9834 Outside the U.S. call 1-949-266-3700 http://www.amenclinics.com/ https://www.brainmdhealth.com/ Follow Amen Clinics on Instagram:   / amen_clinics   Follow Amen Clinics on TikTok:   / amenclinics   Like Amen Clinics on Facebook:   / amenclinic   Follow Amen Clinics on Twitter:   / amen_clinics   Follow Amen Clinics on LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/AmenClinicsLinkedIn Follow Dr. Daniel Amen on Instagram:   / doc_amen   Follow Dr. Daniel Amen on Tiktok:   / docamen   Like Dr. Daniel Amen on Facebook:   / drdanielamen   Follow Dr. Daniel Amen on Twitter:   / docamen