How to Control Your Emotions & Become Mentally Strong - Dr K HealthyGamer (Video)

In this 8 April 2024 video from Modern Wisdom, host Chris Williamson sits down with Dr K, a psychiatrist, Harvard Medical School instructor, co-founder of Healthy GamerGG, Twitch streamer and a YouTuber.

Humans face a predicament whgich has never been seen before, a massive overload of stimulation. The effect of constant exposure to social media, video games and porn is not good, but thankfully Dr K has developed a ton of powerful ways to finally take back control of your attention.

Expect to learn what social media is doing to our brains, how much we can attribute the current mental health crisis to screens, why anxiety and depression are so prevalent, how to let emotions into your life more, why therapy so often sucks for men, why high profile YouTubers are quitting, how to separate your self-worth from your accomplishments and more.

https://youtu.be/TH0U2D90l-o

Contents

00:00 What is Technology Doing To Our Brains?
07:28 How to Deal With Shame
14:56 The Terrifying Survival Feature of Trauma
18:40 Why Anxiety is So Prevalent Today
27:27 How to Deal Better With Emotions
33:40 Opening Up About Your Feelings
37:38 Can You Have Too Much Self-Awareness?
45:28 The Antidote to a Distracted Mind
50:57 Learning About Your Own Thoughts
55:28 How to Do Well in Therapy
1:02:41 Why Therapy Sucks for Men
1:15:42 How Important is Talking for Men?
1:20:32 A Better Movement for Masculinity
1:25:56 Why YouTubers Are Quitting
1:41:31 Stop Moving the Goalposts
1:54:54 What Does it Mean to Dissolve Ego?
2:05:38 Where to Find Dr K