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Stop thinking too much if you know the "brain mechanism" that scares us. " 😖

1 / 3 When "fear" is just an illusion: delve into brain mechanisms that like to trick us into "overthinking" ourselves

💡 Have you ever been? Lying suddenly, the brain likes to dig up things that have gone wrong in the past, or sometimes worrying about a future that has yet to come, if you are one who often faces such "overthinking."..I want you to know that you're not weird and not failing, but you're just being fooled by the mechanics of your brain!!

# Psychological knowledge # Out of my own fear

# Self-improvement # Self-improvement psychology

# Want to be good like gemini

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... Read moreในชีวิตประจำวัน หลายคนอาจเคยประสบปัญหาเกี่ยวกับการคิดมาก โดยเฉพาะเวลาที่สมองพาเราไปวนซ้ำเรื่องราวในอดีตหรือกังวลกับสิ่งที่จะเกิดขึ้นในอนาคตอย่างไม่หยุดหย่อน เชื่อไหมว่าเหตุการณ์แบบนี้เป็นผลมาจากกลไกธรรมชาติของสมองที่วิวัฒนาการมาเพื่อช่วยให้เราอยู่รอด แต่ในยุคปัจจุบันกลับกลายเป็นการหลอกหลอนใจไปซะงั้น หนึ่งในกลไกสำคัญคือ Negativity Bias หรือความชอบที่จะให้ความสำคัญกับสิ่งลบก่อนเสมอ สมองส่วน Amygdala ทำหน้าที่ควบคุมความกลัวและอารมณ์ ซึ่งจะทำงานเกินพอดีเมื่อเจอสถานการณ์ที่เรารู้สึกไม่มั่นใจ หรือต้องตัดสินใจในเรื่องสำคัญ เหมือนเวลาที่เราอยู่ดีๆ ก็เริ่มคิดวนถึงความผิดพลาดในอดีตอย่างไม่รู้ตัว หรือจินตนาการถึงสถานการณ์เลวร้ายที่ยังไม่เกิดขึ้นจริง นอกจากนี้ ยังมีสภาวะที่เรียกว่า Amygdala Hijack ซึ่งเป็นตอนที่สมองส่วนอารมณ์เข้ายึดครองการควบคุม ทำให้สมองส่วนหน้าที่รับผิดชอบการวิเคราะห์และใช้เหตุผลถูกตัดขาดไป ส่งผลให้เราตอบสนองอย่างลวกๆ ด้วยความกลัวหรือความเครียด จนเกิดอาการใจสั่น นอนไม่หลับ หรือคิดอะไรไม่ออก ซึ่งเป็นสิ่งที่หลายคนมองว่าเป็นความอ่อนแอ แต่ความจริงคือสมองกำลังทำหน้าที่ปกป้องเราด้วยวิธีที่ล้าสมัย สิ่งที่น่าสนใจและน่าทึ่งมากคือ สมองไม่สามารถแยกแยะระหว่าง "ภาพในหัว" กับ "ความจริง" ได้อย่างชัดเจน ถ้าเราเผชิญกับคิดภาพหรือจินตนาการว่าตัวเองล้มเหลวหรือถูกคนรอบข้างวิพากษ์ วิจารณ์ สมองจะตอบสนองเหมือนเหตุการณ์นั้นเกิดขึ้นจริง เลยทำให้เราเครียดและไม่สบายใจอย่างแรง จากประสบการณ์ตรง การเรียนรู้เกี่ยวกับกลไกเหล่านี้ทำให้ผมมองเห็นธรรมชาติของการคิดมากในแง่ใหม่ และเริ่มฝึกวิธีรับมือ เช่น การสังเกตความคิดที่เกิดขึ้นว่ามาจากความกลัวหรือความจริง ลดการขุดคุ้ยอดีตที่ไม่ช่วยอะไร และฝึกสมาธิเพื่อเพิ่มสมดุลของสมอง ทำให้ใจสงบลงและไม่ถูกความกลัวควบคุมอีกต่อไป การเข้าใจกลไกสมองที่ชอบหลอกให้เรากลัวและคิดมาก ช่วยให้เราสามารถจัดการกับความรู้สึกที่วุ่นวายได้ดีขึ้น และไม่โทษตัวเองเมื่อเจออาการเหล่านี้อีกต่อไป เพราะมันคือกลไกตามธรรมชาติที่ทุกคนมี ไม่ใช่ข้อบกพร่องส่วนตัว ใครที่กำลังคิดมากหรือรู้สึกกลัวเกินความจริง ลองเปิดใจศึกษาเรื่องนี้และฝึกฟังเสียงในหัวด้วยความเข้าใจ เท่านี้ก็เริ่มก้าวสู่ความสุขที่แท้จริงได้แล้ว

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