What is a fat brain and what does it have to do with Anxiety?

Some of you may be shocked and surprised to hear this term called “fat brain.” So, I will present you the inside scope of what it is. And better yet, how you can prevent it.

So, a fat brain is basically a culmination of all the anxious thoughts you experience in a day. The average human experiences about 50,000 thoughts in a day. The anxious one experiences somewhere in the range of 80,000 thoughts in a day. This is why I’ve called it a fat brain.  

See, as you are experiencing these thinking patterns your Anxiety is growing. This was the case with a client I worked with. She would find herself flowing in a sea of thoughts which was causing her life to be unmanageable until I taught her this simple process to eliminate these thoughts.

But before you read about this process, I wanted to share a little bit more about what happened with this client of mine.

She was experiencing problems in her personal and professional life, and she had finally concluded that it was her fault. It took her some time to come to this conclusion and weeks of internal turmoil before she realized she was to blame.

She was to blame because she was creating her Anxiety.

Some may be skeptical about this but it’s true. So, keep reading on because what I am about to share with you may become a major eye-opener as well as a game-changer for you.

She was causing herself anxiety because of a filter she was using. I will get into how these filters work and why you should care. As soon as she figured out what filter she was using, her anxiety went down a great deal. She was no longer activating her adrenaline system.

 *SIDE NOTE* Your nervous system activates your adrenal gland every time you feel anxiety. It does this because it feels threatened but most of the time this is a false flag. This is what causes prolonged anxiety! This false flag gets triggered over and over, causing your nervous system and subconscious mind to be more sensitive to neutral events.

Some of you may be shocked and surprised to hear this term called “fat brain.” So, I will present you the inside scope of what it is. And better yet, how you can prevent it

So, you need to make sure that you can take some actionable steps to really fuel the insight you gained.

Only with action will you see tangible results in the reduction of your anxiety. Anyway, after she identified her filter and took action, I showed her a personification method which is an example of an anxiety blocker.

This technique is used to stop the conditioning of anxiety by suppressing the portion of the brain which creates it. However, it can only be interrupted after you have identified the filter. And yes, I’ll be sharing how to identify the filter as well.

But back to my client. After she used this technique, she was able to no longer be worried about what her coworkers thought about her. She no longer valued others’ opinions as much, which caused her to feel an increased confidence level.

I wanted to share this client’s experience with you because I feel that, in this age in society, there is so much cluster and negativity going on in the world. So, I feel it is important to share something that can make a difference and provide people with some relief.

Keep in mind, I’m not saying this works for everyone. However, I have to say that most people who have tried what I’m going to teach have gained a lot of freedom from implementing it.

And when I say freedom, I mean they no longer have racing thoughts or feel like they need to control everything.

Instead, they’ve become sort of like water. They let things flow and aren’t preoccupied with small details. Instead, they are internally like a kung fu master who sees everything happening slow and knows how to respond calmly without losing their shit.

What is the filter system?

The filter system is basically the interpretation of your feelings. What I mean by this is, we all have feelings. Every day we have multiple feelings. But it’s our interpretation of these feelings which causes problems.

These interpretations are sometimes negative and become filter-like. So, whenever you experience a feeling that comes across as negative, it is because the feeling has been interpreted through a negative filter. The negative filter fills up your mind, kind of like a bathtub, causing an overflow of negative feelings.

This is why you find people making the same mistakes. People encounter the same problems over and over because they are responding to their feelings about the situation in the same problematic ways.

An example of this would be anxiety about meeting with your boss. At work, you find yourself avoiding your boss because the thought of meeting with them makes you feel so overwhelmed. You then get a different job and feel like it will be a breeze to meet with your new boss. But you find yourself avoiding your new boss just the same. In reality, the problem isn’t with either boss. The problem is with the interpretation of the feeling.

How to identify the filter

The first filter is the Self criticizer. It’s the voice in your head that is constantly putting you down and telling you that you’re not good enough. Its primary purpose is to prevent you from taking chances or to keep you invisible in the eyes of others. Those who experience this filter often feel like the less attention you get, the better.

The second is the Worrier filter. This filter is concerned with trying to anticipate the worst-case scenario that could happen. The worrier is constantly looking for all the ways things can go wrong. Whenever you approach a situation, it immediately looks for information that proves things are going to be left.

The third filter is the Pessimist. This filter is always looking for proof that things aren’t going to ever get better. It uses any shred of or glimmer of hope and twists it to mean something horrible.

Now that you have become aware of the filters, it’s time to tackle them.

The personification method

There are several ways of tackling these filters, but my preferred method is the personification method. This method allows you to use all the energy that you’ve lost and repurpose it. In other words, you are taking the destructive negative energy that is doing nothing good for you and turning it back around to constructive positive energy that can help you.

So what the personification method entails is first recognizing the three filters and seeing which one is most prevalent. After you do this, ask yourself what the purpose of each pattern of thinking is. Is it to protect you? If so, how and why? What’s the benefit of this thinking style? Because there is always a benefit, even if you don’t see it.

Keep in mind, you may have more than just one. The next thing you do is classify the filter as a personality. So I would like you to write down the purpose of each of these thinking patterns and the personality they may have.

You also want to make sure to name them and give them their own voices so when they come up you can create some diffuse between the thoughts from each filter and your conscious mind. The more distance you can get between the two, the greater control you’re going to have over your thoughts.

Finally, practice having a visual or auditory argument with them every night. The more you practice dealing with this personality the better you will get at it. If you would like more information or tips to help you reduce your anxiety, sign up for my free newsletter.