How Brain Rot Destroy Your Life

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99% of us struggle with brain rot ,not able
to motivate and
control the brain as we need.
But it's not just because of social media
addiction. No.
Research has shown that 88%
of the new habits fail within two weeks,
including the atomic habits.
Habenula destroys it, a small

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half-centimeter part of our brain.
Habenula's primary function is it
in pain processing, reproductive
behavior, nutrition,
sleep cycles, stress response,
and learning. But it's not just that.
It's also a failure detector and a
motivational kill search.
That makes it the real villain that

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derails our plan and causes cognitive
decay to us into brain rot
rot. Social media addiction is just a
symptom, not the cause. Heavenula is
actually putting our
brain into the halt. This video is all
about Habenula. How it
works, how we can manage it to
our advantage. Also, in the end, we look

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at how the successful 1%
overcome habenula, like the
Edison and Elon Musk. How they overcome
brain rot and how we can do
the same. Inner demon found
that nagging voice of doubt. That is not
the dev**. The voice that
whispers, "You are going
to fail even before you start something."

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That is Habenula talking. An
evolutionary threat detector
designed to protect us from dangers. But
the same is now
destroying our plan and ambitions
with ruthless efficiency. Dopamine,
that's not enough. We are
traditionally seen dopamine as a
supreme motivator. The real culprit

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behind all of our addiction and actions,
we thought in that as
dopamine. But the new research suggests
that we are focusing on
the wrong neurotransmitter.
Dopamine just act like a gas pedal in our
car, driving the fuel,
the motivation. However,
if the gas pedal is useless when the
brake pedal is on, the Habenula is an

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overlooked brain pedal.
Even if you try to accelerate, it won't
work because the brake
is always on. That is why
88% of the new habit stays unattended in
the parking mode.
Because your brain is always on
the brake mode and you are not aware of
it. How atomic habits fail?

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Here is a scenario. You start
a new exercise feeling good about the
program. Then one day your
body start aching. You decided
to skip one session. Then the Habenula
intervenes. It sent a message
saying that you have failed.
It start to drain your motivation. So
first it will detect the

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failure then it will drain your
motivation. Same applies to your weight
loss plan and diet control.
Let us take another example.
So you decided to study for an exam.
Committing two hours every single day.
You do well for few days
but then you miss one day. Then Habenula
steps in, whispering that

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you are not smart enough.
You are going to fail. Then the
motivation gets switched off immediately.
Depression and motivation.
Depression is just about rumination the
prefrontal cortex. Thinking about
something. That's what we
thought about it. But there is an
overlooked factor. Habenula's
hyperactivity. Stress induced

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Habenula hyperactivity plays a crucial
role in mood disorder.
Habenula is actually linked to
learned helplessness. A condition where
individuals feel that they
have no control over their
environment. A concept demonstrated by
experiments in dogs were exposed to
inescapable shock because
they become helpless to escape even there

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is an escape possible. Same
happens to humans. A state
of helplessness caused by Habenula.
Habenula which we call it
depression. So the burnout never
sleeps. Habenula does not just affect
the waking hours. It also impact your
sleep. During burnout
Habenula suppresses the mortal behavior
contributing to the physical and mental

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exhaust but it's not just end there.
Habenula is in the
epithalamus next to the pineal gland
which manages all of our sleep. So it
works in sync with the pineal gland. It
disrupts the circadian
rhythm and REM sleep. This disrupts the
lead to the cycle where
you never feel like you have
enough sleep. The result is a perpetual

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state of burnout. The
unstoppable brain. The one percentage
who achieved success also got Habenula.
So how they do overcome it.
The secret is in the success
is an iterative mindset. Doing a thing
again and again but learning
from each and every actions

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before. That's what iteration is. That's
why Elon Musk did not
stop and Edison did not fail
even after 10,000 experiments. It's all
about iterative change and
adaptation. Iteration never
fits. Let us see how the word iterate and
what we can learn from it

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based on the Kyra Bobinet book.
Unstoppable brain. So the first letter i
that is inspiration ,getting a
meaning and purpose of doing
something higher than what you are
thinking about. And t for
time which has been used to be
more preventative like you have to be
moderate with your time. How

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you managing it. Environment
creating a motivational environment
rather than relying on dopamine. That's
inspiration. Reduce.
Make smaller iteration. Make smaller
changes. You don't have to
taste the big failure. A for add
is adding and removing the elements like

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what Edison do with
his bulb. Similar way.
Edison did not create a bulb on his own.
He got a big factory. One
of the biggest laboratories
being built for the first time for
invention. E for expectation.
Don't skip to the expectation.
Instead enjoy the
process. Then you can beat Habenula and BRAIN ROT