3 Quick Steps to Stop Negative Thinking Now! | CYBCYL with Daniel Amen and Tana Amen
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-- Summary --
It’s possible to think positively if you KILL YOUR ANTS!
We live in a world where we are constantly bombarded with fear and bad news that triggers our automatic negative thinking-ANTS! Need proof? Just turn on the TV or cruise through the net. Doom and gloom stories dominate the headlines-because fear makes us pay attention.
In fact, our brains are wired to focus on the negative in order to avoid things that might hurt us. Fear definitely serves a purpose, but what happens when all we seem to focus on are negative thoughts? Bad things. Take a look at these compelling facts:
Every thought you have releases chemicals in the brain.
Hopeful thoughts release chemicals that help you feel happy and calm.
Negative thoughts release chemicals that make you feel stressed and sad.
If what you bring your attention to determines how you feel and act, focusing too much on negative thoughts can lead to destructive behaviors-behaviors that can ruin your important relationships and ruin your mind.
Enough of the bad news. There is good news!
You can learn how to kill your automatic negative thoughts (ANTs) and focus on the positive.
Here’s how…
In this short video, Dr. Daniel Amen and his wife, health and wellness expert Tana Amen, discuss how to challenge and kill your own ANTs in three easy steps.
3 steps to kill those ANTs
Write it down. When those automatic negative thoughts start tumbling around in your mind, write them down to clearly identify them.
Investigate. Ask yourself, are these thoughts even true? Uninvestigated thoughts can lead us to act in harmful ways.
Talk back. If you discover that these negative thoughts are false, talk back to them! Tell these thoughts you know they aren’t true!
Practice these steps each time you feel automatic thoughts entering your brain. By labeling, investigating, and then talking back to your automatic negative thoughts, you’ll turn your mind into "an ANT ghost town."
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Thank you for sharing together as a couple. It is rare to see a husband and wife work together and compliment each other. Tana your example was very practical and benificial. I'm so glad I found you!
Thats so true. I love seeing couples work together especially to build others up.
Isn’t it amazing what we can find on TH-cam, real people, real help if you apply it! I have always read your books, I now do the things you teach, it works. thank you 🙏
I've found this video 6 years after it was posted and I highly doubt that anyone unsubscribed because of Tana's story. We adopted through foster care and I have, at times, thought the same kind of thoughts about one of my children being just like their bio mom. So I appreciated Tana's story. I'm not alone. But it is not good to let that thought go unchallenged.
Thank you for this simplified version of CBT with real life examples! You both are just adorable. Thank you!
They are a lovely couple. She has a great voice too. This is very helpful information!
Yes they are...
Well, I was having a NDPH of intensity 8/10 but as I finished this video it came down to 5/10. Your voice and tone is soothing Dr Amen. What a polished Doctor. Thanks for this lesson in this video.
Thank you Dr. Amen & Tana.
Great presentation. What difference this can make in someone's life if they take stock and action.
She is great. it.s obvious that they share the same beliefs and they both want to add to what the other is saying which is a great thing in a couple! stop all this mean commenting!
Tana is describing Byron Katie method of questioning stressful thoughts and turning them around.
Dr Amen and Tana start with the reminder that stress is at the cause of many if not all health problems. My network completely agrees and this program offers specific action on how to address automatic negative thinking or ANTs that can drive us into depression, anxiety and more. It is wonderful to hear them address the chemical reactions. Thank you.
Thank you Daniel and Tana, thank you
I am so grateful and thankful to have found you both! I have the beautiful privilege of learning my parenting skills from my three teenage boys. Not every moment is a story book and we all have those emotions and thoughts. I think it would be a better place if we all shared our low moment s with one another so we realize it's normal and can be moved on from rather than letting it chip away at us.
I have watched your program on PBS today and made a donation to obtain the entire program. Thanks For your work
You two are SO brave and transparent! What a gift you both are as individuals and as an absolutely lovely team! Deep gratitude to yall!
Helpful thanks for the tips. I like the chatty way you both interact.
YES SUCH GREAT THINGS BASED IN YOUR PRINCIPLES SO KEEP IT UP. THANKS!
You are extraordinary together. I learn a lot from your interruptions because you're pointing important things that make your husband's explanation more understandable to those who do not work in psychiatry. Thank you both for everything you do for us.
Indeed, not all the thoughts that go through our heads are true.
They depend on the experiences we have experienced (from childhood to the present), the education we have had, the physical and mental health we were at the time of the incident, etc.
But what do we do when, after answering the question in writing, the answer is: "It's true what you think and feel?"
Dr you are both wonderful people
I needed to know this and your examples were spot on! My first name is also Tana- which I've been told translates in "Native American" to "No More Tears!"- I am considering getting help for my brain- I have sent this as a link to friends and family after all who doesn't struggle with ANTS from time to time. Thank you both- you make a "Dynamic Couple!"
I just saw you on WGN TV and am so excited to go to the TH-cam and learn about Ants..... I have been struggling with negative thoughts and stress and depression and self pity for years now. Thank you so much for this information. Also I was loosing my memory and I am just turned 65 and thought there was nothing I could do about it because of my age.
Thanks
Dr. Daniel Amen for bringing your information to TH-cam. I am sure you are helping a lot of people with your time and knowledge of Psychology and Neuroscience. I Just Subscribed and Thumbs Up!
Really loaded with value. I will be watching many more Dr. Amen and Tana videos.
Thank you very much for sharing! Greetings from Argentina
Thank you from Gauteng SA
@tana , i love your way of telling the example and the honesty and courage ..keep it up u both
Tana thank you so much for sharing. I’ve had and acted on thoughts like those. The repercussions those ANTS have are so bad and icky. Thank you for sharing. I now feel more hopeful.
I love Tana she can't help interrupting I do the same thing and don't realize it till later
Hope this helps me through my suicidal crisis. Thanks!
I hope you are doing well.
Thanks for sharing your ANT.S thanks for being so vulnerable. It really helps.
Good one, please also include simple breathing, Yoga, and meditation techniques to strengthen the brain to see reality unbiased and be connected to one's inner core.
Sreeprakash Neelakantan
The president of India called to complain he suggested yoga is integral to the Hindu religion Dammit! So Americans need to quit presenting it as some kind of meaningless exercise.
Yes.. simple deep breathing helps.
I actually subscribed a minute ago just because of her being sooo honest, so real and I relate a lot to what she is saying. Thanks both of you for such an amazing and vital information.
As a small business with 8 employees it would be great to send my entire staff to get evaluated. I think we would become an awesome team. We are not able to but some day
Loved that! Can't stop listening to you guys...I learn so much. And the practical examples of difficult moments with your own child are something we can all so identify with. Wonderful and comforting too!
I just love you o much Dr. Amen !!! Thank you for fighting your message and for doing so many amazing things to better this world
Loved the video - valuable content.. and your very caring relationship with each other left me smiling
Hi. Thanks you so much. I really needed that. Mrs. Amen you should share more often. Love this. Wish I would have heard this when I went through 1st & 2nd divorce. Look forward to receiving my training package.
I think these two are great. And so much of what they say works because I have used it. You just have to get rid of negative thoughts. Confront them. Look at them and many times you will see that the negative thoughts are not based on true reality.
There's actually a saying in the news industry. "If it bleeds, it leads." They know people will watch horrible things, and the worse the better, so that's what we get all the time. I don't watch the news anymore. If it's really important, I'll hear about it somewhere eventually.
Same, it’s mostly, gloom and doom.
Thank y'all so much dearest 🌹
Y'all such an inspiration 🥰
Appreciate y'all from the bottom of my heart 💖
Be Blissful Eternally 🙏👼🌈
I smiled after the video , thank you guys
So Helpful , love Tana for her transparency , I feel like you both are my friends , God Bess & Love ........
I'm just now following you on You Tube!! I watched a couple programs on PBS that you two put out. It's amazing information. I was already on the road to bettering my food choices so getting Tana's recipes has been awesome and delicious!!!
This video is so helpful! I have ALWAYS been a pessimist and lately I've noticed my 10 year old daughter, (who's always been positive) is now seeing the "cup half empty"😱
I am going to put this into practice! Thank you both!!!
This was a very fun video. Thank you for the good advice.
I am so happy I saw you on PBS! You’re TED talk is amazing as well, you better believe I’m subscribing to your channel. Your wife is also very smart and beautiful, you deserve a women who can have such wonderful energy that reflects your own ❤️
Thank you so much!
Both Tana and dr.Amen had great things to share. I learned a lot from both equally, so am happy that both had a chance to share their experiences. Though, I do think the dynamic of the conversation and the jumping around was a bit distracting. So, to gain the most out of the video I had to focus on each individual's points. I think it would have been easier and more beneficial if there were two seperate videos. One of dr.Amen and one of Tana.
Excellent! Great way to break it down.
Just want to say thank you to you both from the bottom of my heart.
This video just snapped me out of a depressive mood in an instant after I finished writing down my thought and challenged it, to quickly prove it was obviously wrong.
I'm starting to realise what my therapist and sister have been saying about me are true, I'm too hard on my self. And not everything is my fault, but I will make sure to keep this practist up, for my mental state and my hopeful future where I hope I'm in a better state.
I don't want my negitively thoughts to stop me from doing and completing my hobbies and passions in life anymore.
Excellent video. Thank you for sharing your perception.
I have had negative thoughts swirling around in my head. Alzheimers has been going through my family, and I have been wearing that I might get it too. I know I need to distract my mind with better thoughts and focus on living life now. I need to be in the present moment. One morning I was doing my stretches, and then I just started drumming on my legs. It was an intense release. I want to attend drumming circles in my area to be with community and refocus my energies.
Attend the drum circles dear!!
Thank you Dr. Amen - Great meeting you at the Longevity Conference ;) -
You and Tana are just too cute !
You two are beautiful people and seeing how you interact was so real, fun and helped me understand the concept much better.
Definitely not unsubscribing,sharing your story is helpful😀
You guy's are really cool!!!! This my first time seeing one of your videos and I completely dig your stuff. Thanks and keep up the good work.
7:02 write it out, "is it true?", talk back
9:13 *thinking that thought (not feeling)
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I can totally relate to Tana. Even though I will never speak with my ex husband for any rhyme or reason. I will have to start Journaling again as that helped when I was a teen. But will include these exercises.
OMG your wife has a black belt 👍👍👍 that's amazing and she's a registered nurse (me too❤). Dr Amen I love your teachings on how to enhance our brain in advance. You're a brilliant mind 👌👌👌👌 Appreciate it 🙏❤
It’s possible to think positively if you KILL YOUR ANTS!
We live in a world where we are constantly bombarded with fear and bad news that triggers our automatic negative thinking-ANTS! Need proof? Just turn on the TV or cruise through the net. Doom and gloom stories dominate the headlines-because fear makes us pay attention.
In fact, our brains are wired to focus on the negative in order to avoid things that might hurt us. Fear definitely serves a purpose, but what happens when all we seem to focus on are negative thoughts? Bad things. Take a look at these compelling facts:
Every thought you have releases chemicals in the brain.
Hopeful thoughts release chemicals that help you feel happy and calm.
Negative thoughts release chemicals that make you feel stressed and sad.
If what you bring your attention to determines how you feel and act, focusing too much on negative thoughts can lead to destructive behaviors-behaviors that can ruin your important relationships and ruin your mind.
Enough of the bad news. There is good news!
You can learn how to kill your automatic negative thoughts (ANTs) and focus on the positive.
Here’s how…
This is so True . Tq Dr Daniel Amen.
Right
I need this so much. Thank you thank you thank you.
Hi Dr. Iv been trying to reach you PLEASE to see if you can recomend a neurologist my son has a Cist in his brain and i hear tha you Recommend to remove it in Other to feel better . Plis contact with me asap soniabelmonte60@gmail.com. APPRECIATE
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I love the lady.she makes alot of senses.i just love her
Amazing tools, thank you so much!
Thank you. From Sydney Australia
very informative! Thank you 😊
Very nice, thank you for sharing!
Thks to you both your amazing💟
Tana, you are amazing, and far from unsubscribing. I just subscribed and took notes. :)
Awesome video!
Thank you, thank you , thank you. I am taking care of my mother with dementia 24/7 and have been having ANT thoughts ever since this life change. Time to work towards my own Ant Ghost Town.
Hi Tana, Thank you for sharing your story with us. You Rock!
thank you
Interesting to use the example of her not listening to you and then she interrupted constantly. She's listening but also often not letting you complete a thought or statement.
Such a beautiful couple! Very positive!
Excellent advice... thank you!!!
Just discovered your name and what you do by Jim Kwik. Wow how interesting en such an inspiring video!!!!! Thanks so much .
I am accustomed to call impulsive thoughts to what the doctor called automatic negative thoughts, because even if its a positive thought is still bothersome when is impulsive. Just like our automatic reactions of the body.
I wish she would stop interrupting. He has a train of thought and it gets lost and I really needed him to finish it. When he asks for input she should give it then like with the example she gave.
i give you your power back this is simpler than you think actually stop thinking YOU ARE NOT YOUR MIND so when you get bad thoughts you can do 2 things or you stop thinking knowing that this is your mind not yours or smile at your mind say gratitude in your mind. This is how you get your power back in your head space
The 3 steps you're talking about are The Work, by Byron Katie to inquire about our thoughts and whether they're true. As you know, it's a fabulous, which is why you've added it to your work.
Box breathing is great. I use it when I am stressed out, and It really works and really fast.
thank sir and ma.
Thank you. Kudos to Byron Katie, who has brought the four questions to us that you were speaking about.
Some times it is not about true or false
Many times it
is about probabiltiy
We often take precautions ahead of time and decision we make ahead of time is due to probabilty and past experience and supporting evidence
Why did they stop making youtube videos? I've just recently discovered you and could really benefit from your tips and messages.
hello Dr.Daniel Amen,
i really love your nice videos
You don't say a word about schizophrenia and OCD in your video's dr but amazing talk love from India
Thank you for being honest- that’s why I decided to subscribe . You guys are cool.❤️
You rocked it Tana !
2018 and I absolutely love this video.
You just gained a subscriber from that video. Thank you.
as a musician the more i get stressed i can write more creative stories.... you can release it through music... i have done 100 + cover videos on youtube... and the most hardest and challenging songs i did were on days i got really stressed... it kind of give me a boost to release it in a good way... btw great video.. thanks
thanks!
Absolutely love you guys :)
really like Dr. Amen's work this reminds me a lot of "the key to the law of attraction" thoughts become things
What can I do to overcome anxiety, depression, grief, worries and Truman?
Examin your thoughts, dont judge them
My main problem is anger. Sadness I hate, so it was easy to destroy. Anxiety I hate, so it was easier to ignore. But anger... Anger has empowered me and made me the warrior I am today, putting stupid amounts of money in my name in a time-frame most slaves think is impossible.
The problem now is transitioning into a warrior that doesn't rely so much on anger. It's addictive and probably not healthy or sustainable over the long-term, but it has netted me the best results, so far. How do I keep the good results without indulging anger so much?
Why am I the only one who didn't even notice that she was interrupting him? Lol
Green Bean probably because you’re just like her 🤣
She needs to let him talk!!!!!!
what if your initial negative thought is true but the picture you paint are the negative thoughts.
i have the same doubt. what if the thoughts are about facts that were injust to you and caused you emotional harm, and you can’t get rid of them. write them down then what? how to kill them?
i hope they reply to this, once i’m commenting on a 4-year-old comment that hasn’t veen replied yet.
Is this something that can be used for retroactive/retrospective jealousy?
So, how do I make my mother stop doing that? I am fearful that I'm already dealing with her brain already being affected due to multiple contusions in her youth, work in a toxic environment, trans-ischemic attacks. She's 66 y.o. but she's draining me out and transferring all the negativity to me. She's enjoying talking negatively and she feels like it's my duty as a daughter to listen to her. Ugh! Do you have meds for me to sleep or for her to be quiet??? :)