 Today, we're going to discuss how understanding how your own brain works can actually reduce your symptoms of anxiety, which is why you need to become a brain mechanic, so stay tuned. What's up, everybody? This is Chris from the Rewired Soul, where we talk about the problem, but focus on the solution. And you may be sitting here wondering, like, Chris, what are you talking about brain mechanic? Do you mean like a neurosurgeon? That's not what I'm talking about. But this is something that is very important to me because I am somebody who struggles with a generalized anxiety disorder. And if you've been following my channel for a while, you know that I talk a lot about the brain, how it works, and everything like that. And it's very, very important to me because it's helped me out with my anxiety a lot. And somebody who I look up to, Dr. Judson Brewer, he actually put it into these words, which I thought was absolutely amazing because it is a way to articulate what I'm trying to teach all of you out there. So let's jump into this. So we're going to use the topic of your car breaking down. This is something that stresses a lot of people out. So imagine that you're driving down the road, you know, maybe you're late for work or you're on your way to pick up the kids or you're on your way to an appointment, whatever the case may be. And a little warning light comes on your dashboard, boom, that triggers anxiety. You're stressed out. What's this mean? How much is it going to cost? All these other things racing through your brain. It can be even worse if your car starts to run a little bit funny or starts making a noise that you're not familiar with. Think about that right now and think about how much anxiety that that induces inside of your body. Now, let's take that exact same situation, but you're a person who understands how cars work. Maybe one of your parents taught you how cars work. Maybe you've gone to school, you understand how cars work. Maybe you're a mechanic. Now let's imagine that same little warning light comes on your dashboard or your car starts making that noise or starts running funny, but you understand cars. Do you think that you would have as much anxiety as the person in scenario one? Absolutely not. This is exactly why understanding how your brain works is so important. Anxiety is based on fears. A lot of it is fear of the unknown projecting into the future or reflecting on the past. These things that you can't change. Some anxiety is triggered just by having anxiety. You have no idea what's actually happening in your own brain or your own body. So when you start to understand how your brain works, when you become that metaphorical brain mechanic, it starts to reduce your anxiety because you're like, oh, this is my amygdala activating. It was triggered by this situation. All right, now I can work with this. So this is one of the main reasons why it's so important for you to understand how your brain works and why I make so many videos on this channel about how your brain works. So Dr. Judson Brewer recently released an app called unwinding anxiety. And no, this is not a sponsored video, but I have been part of Dr. Judson Brewer's programs in the past. So in the unwinding anxiety app, he talks about this being a brain mechanic in the first four days of the program. So I highly, highly, highly recommend that you go out, download this app if you struggle with anxiety. The first four days are absolutely free and you'll see all of the different tools and assets that you can use to start reducing your anxiety. Now if you would like to continue the whole 30 day program, Dr. Judson Brewer and his team have given us a 10% off coupon code, which is right here. So you basically have nothing to lose. Go check out the app, use it for free. If you don't like it, you can get rid of it. But if you do like it, go ahead and use this code, get 10% off, and start reducing your anxiety day by day by day. Alright? But anyways, if you liked this video, give it a thumbs up. And if you are new here and you like videos that'll help you out with your mental health, make sure you click that little round subscribe button right here. And you can also check out some of the other videos by clicking or tapping to the left of me right there. But again, thank you so much for watching and I'll see you next time.