3 Quick Steps to Stop Negative Thinking Now! | CYBCYL with Daniel Amen and Tana Amen

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-- Summary --
It’s possible to think positively if you KILL YOUR ANTS!
We live in a world where we are constantly bombarded with fear and bad news that triggers our automatic negative thinking-ANTS! Need proof? Just turn on the TV or cruise through the net. Doom and gloom stories dominate the headlines-because fear makes us pay attention.
In fact, our brains are wired to focus on the negative in order to avoid things that might hurt us. Fear definitely serves a purpose, but what happens when all we seem to focus on are negative thoughts? Bad things. Take a look at these compelling facts:
Every thought you have releases chemicals in the brain.
Hopeful thoughts release chemicals that help you feel happy and calm.
Negative thoughts release chemicals that make you feel stressed and sad.
If what you bring your attention to determines how you feel and act, focusing too much on negative thoughts can lead to destructive behaviors-behaviors that can ruin your important relationships and ruin your mind.
Enough of the bad news. There is good news!
You can learn how to kill your automatic negative thoughts (ANTs) and focus on the positive.
Here’s how…
In this short video, Dr. Daniel Amen and his wife, health and wellness expert Tana Amen, discuss how to challenge and kill your own ANTs in three easy steps.
3 steps to kill those ANTs
Write it down. When those automatic negative thoughts start tumbling around in your mind, write them down to clearly identify them.
Investigate. Ask yourself, are these thoughts even true? Uninvestigated thoughts can lead us to act in harmful ways.
Talk back. If you discover that these negative thoughts are false, talk back to them! Tell these thoughts you know they aren’t true!
Practice these steps each time you feel automatic thoughts entering your brain. By labeling, investigating, and then talking back to your automatic negative thoughts, you’ll turn your mind into "an ANT ghost town."
Amen Clinics has helped thousands of people manage stress, depression, and anxiety. Contact us today to schedule an appointment at any of our six clinics, nationwide.
We want you to become a brain warrior for life. Call us at 1-844-203-4703.

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  • @dr.sallybrown7827
    @dr.sallybrown78276 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing together as a couple. It is rare to see a husband and wife work together and compliment each other. Tana your example was very practical and benificial. I'm so glad I found you!

  • @Inspirewear

    @Inspirewear

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thats so true. I love seeing couples work together especially to build others up.

  • @cynthiawagstaff2185
    @cynthiawagstaff21859 ай бұрын

    Isn’t it amazing what we can find on KZread, real people, real help if you apply it! I have always read your books, I now do the things you teach, it works. thank you 🙏

  • @claires8735
    @claires87353 жыл бұрын

    I've found this video 6 years after it was posted and I highly doubt that anyone unsubscribed because of Tana's story. We adopted through foster care and I have, at times, thought the same kind of thoughts about one of my children being just like their bio mom. So I appreciated Tana's story. I'm not alone. But it is not good to let that thought go unchallenged.

  • @lesliearia
    @lesliearia5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this simplified version of CBT with real life examples! You both are just adorable. Thank you!

  • @michaelhicks6329
    @michaelhicks63297 ай бұрын

    You two are SO brave and transparent! What a gift you both are as individuals and as an absolutely lovely team! Deep gratitude to yall!

  • @fionawestbury1148
    @fionawestbury11484 жыл бұрын

    Loved that! Can't stop listening to you guys...I learn so much. And the practical examples of difficult moments with your own child are something we can all so identify with. Wonderful and comforting too!

  • @timdunk7278
    @timdunk72788 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Dr. Amen & Tana. Great presentation. What difference this can make in someone's life if they take stock and action.

  • @colleenanne4032
    @colleenanne40327 жыл бұрын

    I am so grateful and thankful to have found you both! I have the beautiful privilege of learning my parenting skills from my three teenage boys. Not every moment is a story book and we all have those emotions and thoughts. I think it would be a better place if we all shared our low moment s with one another so we realize it's normal and can be moved on from rather than letting it chip away at us.

  • @rawatsumit27
    @rawatsumit277 жыл бұрын

    Well, I was having a NDPH of intensity 8/10 but as I finished this video it came down to 5/10. Your voice and tone is soothing Dr Amen. What a polished Doctor. Thanks for this lesson in this video.

  • @rachelebsmith
    @rachelebsmith8 жыл бұрын

    I just love you o much Dr. Amen !!! Thank you for fighting your message and for doing so many amazing things to better this world

  • @elizabethnorris9660
    @elizabethnorris96602 жыл бұрын

    Tana thank you so much for sharing. I’ve had and acted on thoughts like those. The repercussions those ANTS have are so bad and icky. Thank you for sharing. I now feel more hopeful.

  • @JN-go2yq
    @JN-go2yq7 жыл бұрын

    Helpful thanks for the tips. I like the chatty way you both interact.

  • @jacquelineboone7231
    @jacquelineboone72318 жыл бұрын

    Hi. Thanks you so much. I really needed that. Mrs. Amen you should share more often. Love this. Wish I would have heard this when I went through 1st & 2nd divorce. Look forward to receiving my training package.

  • @jamescolt7216
    @jamescolt72163 жыл бұрын

    Really loaded with value. I will be watching many more Dr. Amen and Tana videos.

  • @cindyditty1082
    @cindyditty10829 жыл бұрын

    So Helpful , love Tana for her transparency , I feel like you both are my friends , God Bess & Love ........

  • @2008faithandhope
    @2008faithandhope5 жыл бұрын

    Hi Tana, Thank you for sharing your story with us. You Rock!

  • @blisswkc3344
    @blisswkc33443 жыл бұрын

    Thank y'all so much dearest 🌹 Y'all such an inspiration 🥰 Appreciate y'all from the bottom of my heart 💖 Be Blissful Eternally 🙏👼🌈

  • @StevePohlit1
    @StevePohlit14 жыл бұрын

    Dr Amen and Tana start with the reminder that stress is at the cause of many if not all health problems. My network completely agrees and this program offers specific action on how to address automatic negative thinking or ANTs that can drive us into depression, anxiety and more. It is wonderful to hear them address the chemical reactions. Thank you.

  • @lvgeorge
    @lvgeorge4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Dr. Daniel Amen for bringing your information to KZread. I am sure you are helping a lot of people with your time and knowledge of Psychology and Neuroscience. I Just Subscribed and Thumbs Up!

  • @christinarasmobeymer
    @christinarasmobeymer7 жыл бұрын

    They are a lovely couple. She has a great voice too. This is very helpful information!

  • @Inspirewear

    @Inspirewear

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes they are...

  • @sandrafreda9259
    @sandrafreda92596 жыл бұрын

    Loved the video - valuable content.. and your very caring relationship with each other left me smiling

  • @richardzbikowski1337
    @richardzbikowski13376 жыл бұрын

    I have watched your program on PBS today and made a donation to obtain the entire program. Thanks For your work

  • @MrsBerry-qo3cw
    @MrsBerry-qo3cw5 жыл бұрын

    I'm just now following you on You Tube!! I watched a couple programs on PBS that you two put out. It's amazing information. I was already on the road to bettering my food choices so getting Tana's recipes has been awesome and delicious!!! This video is so helpful! I have ALWAYS been a pessimist and lately I've noticed my 10 year old daughter, (who's always been positive) is now seeing the "cup half empty"😱 I am going to put this into practice! Thank you both!!!

  • @sharieloik6217
    @sharieloik62176 жыл бұрын

    You two are beautiful people and seeing how you interact was so real, fun and helped me understand the concept much better.

  • @karenbressler6187
    @karenbressler61876 жыл бұрын

    I just saw you on WGN TV and am so excited to go to the KZread and learn about Ants..... I have been struggling with negative thoughts and stress and depression and self pity for years now. Thank you so much for this information. Also I was loosing my memory and I am just turned 65 and thought there was nothing I could do about it because of my age.

  • @mashalashangry2438
    @mashalashangry24385 жыл бұрын

    Tana is describing Byron Katie method of questioning stressful thoughts and turning them around.

  • @rozaliaslaboiu7810
    @rozaliaslaboiu78106 жыл бұрын

    You are extraordinary together. I learn a lot from your interruptions because you're pointing important things that make your husband's explanation more understandable to those who do not work in psychiatry. Thank you both for everything you do for us. Indeed, not all the thoughts that go through our heads are true. They depend on the experiences we have experienced (from childhood to the present), the education we have had, the physical and mental health we were at the time of the incident, etc. But what do we do when, after answering the question in writing, the answer is: "It's true what you think and feel?"

  • @ginawhite6077
    @ginawhite60778 жыл бұрын

    Excellent! Great way to break it down.

  • @MrJaysteed
    @MrJaysteed7 жыл бұрын

    You guy's are really cool!!!! This my first time seeing one of your videos and I completely dig your stuff. Thanks and keep up the good work.

  • @whatthefrick1442
    @whatthefrick14428 жыл бұрын

    Dr you are both wonderful people

  • @erunstoppable1174
    @erunstoppable11745 жыл бұрын

    I am so happy I saw you on PBS! You’re TED talk is amazing as well, you better believe I’m subscribing to your channel. Your wife is also very smart and beautiful, you deserve a women who can have such wonderful energy that reflects your own ❤️

  • @jamesdavis8731
    @jamesdavis87316 жыл бұрын

    I think these two are great. And so much of what they say works because I have used it. You just have to get rid of negative thoughts. Confront them. Look at them and many times you will see that the negative thoughts are not based on true reality.

  • @paolac.1678
    @paolac.16785 жыл бұрын

    I actually subscribed a minute ago just because of her being sooo honest, so real and I relate a lot to what she is saying. Thanks both of you for such an amazing and vital information.

  • @nahkalahdeyoung6889
    @nahkalahdeyoung68899 ай бұрын

    Thanks for sharing your ANT.S thanks for being so vulnerable. It really helps.

  • @carloseduardonaranjosuarez5917
    @carloseduardonaranjosuarez59172 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Daniel and Tana, thank you

  • @mirandaheat
    @mirandaheat6 жыл бұрын

    This was a very fun video. Thank you for the good advice.

  • @user-bs6mr6sv3o
    @user-bs6mr6sv3o3 ай бұрын

    @tana , i love your way of telling the example and the honesty and courage ..keep it up u both

  • @tonelocrian
    @tonelocrian9 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Dr. Amen - Great meeting you at the Longevity Conference ;) - You and Tana are just too cute !

  • @kray7531
    @kray75319 жыл бұрын

    Amazing tools, thank you so much!

  • @houstonlady1
    @houstonlady18 жыл бұрын

    That is great advice! Thank you

  • @randistults2818
    @randistults28186 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for being honest- that’s why I decided to subscribe . You guys are cool.❤️

  • @Elisa-hz2nn
    @Elisa-hz2nn6 жыл бұрын

    She is great. it.s obvious that they share the same beliefs and they both want to add to what the other is saying which is a great thing in a couple! stop all this mean commenting!

  • @Therabithole
    @Therabithole7 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much for sharing! Greetings from Argentina

  • @ReneeStevens98
    @ReneeStevens988 жыл бұрын

    Excellent advice... thank you!!!

  • @Anandabcnta
    @Anandabcnta7 жыл бұрын

    Very nice, thank you for sharing!

  • @perceptionshare2248
    @perceptionshare22483 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video. Thank you for sharing your perception.

  • @dr.zahalka8616
    @dr.zahalka86167 жыл бұрын

    I smiled after the video , thank you guys

  • @klaz1533
    @klaz15337 жыл бұрын

    very informative! Thank you 😊

  • @CCalquemist
    @CCalquemist3 жыл бұрын

    Hope this helps me through my suicidal crisis. Thanks!

  • @solarexclipse8754
    @solarexclipse87546 жыл бұрын

    Thks to you both your amazing💟

  • @BerylWalubengoAnyitiNanyama
    @BerylWalubengoAnyitiNanyama6 жыл бұрын

    Such a beautiful couple! Very positive!

  • @dr.yasinkamali4298
    @dr.yasinkamali42988 жыл бұрын

    hello Dr.Daniel Amen, i really love your nice videos

  • @CKww32
    @CKww329 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. From Sydney Australia

  • @sharonr9134
    @sharonr91346 жыл бұрын

    Definitely not unsubscribing,sharing your story is helpful😀

  • @heinz127
    @heinz127 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!

  • @glendatedders5101
    @glendatedders51017 жыл бұрын

    I love Tana she can't help interrupting I do the same thing and don't realize it till later

  • @yessicapeters9104
    @yessicapeters91046 жыл бұрын

    You just gained a subscriber from that video. Thank you.

  • @Karen90DayChallenge
    @Karen90DayChallenge6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, thank you , thank you. I am taking care of my mother with dementia 24/7 and have been having ANT thoughts ever since this life change. Time to work towards my own Ant Ghost Town.

  • @divamori
    @divamori6 жыл бұрын

    I love the lady.she makes alot of senses.i just love her

  • @drewmanlarsan4331
    @drewmanlarsan43317 жыл бұрын

    really like Dr. Amen's work this reminds me a lot of "the key to the law of attraction" thoughts become things

  • @jadedadiz9018
    @jadedadiz90185 жыл бұрын

    2018 and I absolutely love this video.

  • @masood1362
    @masood13627 жыл бұрын

    thank you

  • @randomthoughts5870
    @randomthoughts58708 жыл бұрын

    Box breathing is great. I use it when I am stressed out, and It really works and really fast.

  • @user-bk4ho7nl1y
    @user-bk4ho7nl1y8 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely love you guys :)

  • @theodorejonathan6460
    @theodorejonathan64607 жыл бұрын

    thank sir and ma.

  • @AEmory99
    @AEmory999 жыл бұрын

    Love the video!

  • @Healthitude
    @Healthitude8 жыл бұрын

    Tana, you are amazing, and far from unsubscribing. I just subscribed and took notes. :)

  • @kimshepard7158
    @kimshepard71585 жыл бұрын

    I have had negative thoughts swirling around in my head. Alzheimers has been going through my family, and I have been wearing that I might get it too. I know I need to distract my mind with better thoughts and focus on living life now. I need to be in the present moment. One morning I was doing my stretches, and then I just started drumming on my legs. It was an intense release. I want to attend drumming circles in my area to be with community and refocus my energies.

  • @VerMirror

    @VerMirror

    4 жыл бұрын

    Attend the drum circles dear!!

  • @TropicalOrkids
    @TropicalOrkids2 жыл бұрын

    I can totally relate to Tana. Even though I will never speak with my ex husband for any rhyme or reason. I will have to start Journaling again as that helped when I was a teen. But will include these exercises.

  • @sreeprakashneelakantan5051
    @sreeprakashneelakantan50517 жыл бұрын

    Good one, please also include simple breathing, Yoga, and meditation techniques to strengthen the brain to see reality unbiased and be connected to one's inner core.

  • @paulaspinelli3127

    @paulaspinelli3127

    7 жыл бұрын

    Sreeprakash Neelakantan

  • @mikelao8434

    @mikelao8434

    5 жыл бұрын

    The president of India called to complain he suggested yoga is integral to the Hindu religion Dammit! So Americans need to quit presenting it as some kind of meaningless exercise.

  • @Inspirewear

    @Inspirewear

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes.. simple deep breathing helps.

  • @maisieallie8782
    @maisieallie87824 жыл бұрын

    You rocked it Tana !

  • @shae1005
    @shae10054 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video!

  • @ThomsJPetersen
    @ThomsJPetersen8 жыл бұрын

    As a small business with 8 employees it would be great to send my entire staff to get evaluated. I think we would become an awesome team. We are not able to but some day

  • @Moonroofmusik
    @Moonroofmusik7 жыл бұрын

    thanks!

  • @mimilapoop
    @mimilapoop6 жыл бұрын

    Both Tana and dr.Amen had great things to share. I learned a lot from both equally, so am happy that both had a chance to share their experiences. Though, I do think the dynamic of the conversation and the jumping around was a bit distracting. So, to gain the most out of the video I had to focus on each individual's points. I think it would have been easier and more beneficial if there were two seperate videos. One of dr.Amen and one of Tana.

  • @lolliequeen101
    @lolliequeen1014 жыл бұрын

    Just want to say thank you to you both from the bottom of my heart. This video just snapped me out of a depressive mood in an instant after I finished writing down my thought and challenged it, to quickly prove it was obviously wrong. I'm starting to realise what my therapist and sister have been saying about me are true, I'm too hard on my self. And not everything is my fault, but I will make sure to keep this practist up, for my mental state and my hopeful future where I hope I'm in a better state. I don't want my negitively thoughts to stop me from doing and completing my hobbies and passions in life anymore.

  • @patriciamasius
    @patriciamasius4 жыл бұрын

    Just discovered your name and what you do by Jim Kwik. Wow how interesting en such an inspiring video!!!!! Thanks so much .

  • @Alessandro92772
    @Alessandro927725 жыл бұрын

    OMG your wife has a black belt 👍👍👍 that's amazing and she's a registered nurse (me too❤). Dr Amen I love your teachings on how to enhance our brain in advance. You're a brilliant mind 👌👌👌👌 Appreciate it 🙏❤

  • @briza2022
    @briza20224 жыл бұрын

    I am accustomed to call impulsive thoughts to what the doctor called automatic negative thoughts, because even if its a positive thought is still bothersome when is impulsive. Just like our automatic reactions of the body.

  • @krishnakalimukhopadhyay7626
    @krishnakalimukhopadhyay76265 жыл бұрын

    You don't say a word about schizophrenia and OCD in your video's dr but amazing talk love from India

  • @chriscullen5656
    @chriscullen56567 жыл бұрын

    Really good vid the ANTS in your head is a fantastic way of explaining this situation and how to get rid of the ants is really great too thsnkyou now when those thoughts sneak up on Mr I will think of them as pesky ants thank you imensely

  • @realreview1285
    @realreview1285 Жыл бұрын

    7:02 write it out, "is it true?", talk back 9:13 *thinking that thought (not feeling)

  • @realreview1285

    @realreview1285

    Жыл бұрын

    usd t d alofit

  • @1artistvocalist
    @1artistvocalist8 жыл бұрын

    Well done!! :)

  • @taimoor722
    @taimoor7225 жыл бұрын

    Some times it is not about true or false Many times it is about probabiltiy We often take precautions ahead of time and decision we make ahead of time is due to probabilty and past experience and supporting evidence

  • @sariahsue
    @sariahsue5 жыл бұрын

    There's actually a saying in the news industry. "If it bleeds, it leads." They know people will watch horrible things, and the worse the better, so that's what we get all the time. I don't watch the news anymore. If it's really important, I'll hear about it somewhere eventually.

  • @wendyhannan2454

    @wendyhannan2454

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same, it’s mostly, gloom and doom.

  • @MsGaella
    @MsGaella8 ай бұрын

    Thank you. Kudos to Byron Katie, who has brought the four questions to us that you were speaking about.

  • @MindsMogul
    @MindsMogul Жыл бұрын

    i give you your power back this is simpler than you think actually stop thinking YOU ARE NOT YOUR MIND so when you get bad thoughts you can do 2 things or you stop thinking knowing that this is your mind not yours or smile at your mind say gratitude in your mind. This is how you get your power back in your head space

  • @nadiastewart30
    @nadiastewart304 жыл бұрын

    I wish she would stop interrupting. He has a train of thought and it gets lost and I really needed him to finish it. When he asks for input she should give it then like with the example she gave.

  • @prograven4844
    @prograven48448 жыл бұрын

    as a musician the more i get stressed i can write more creative stories.... you can release it through music... i have done 100 + cover videos on youtube... and the most hardest and challenging songs i did were on days i got really stressed... it kind of give me a boost to release it in a good way... btw great video.. thanks

  • @deedee9312
    @deedee93123 жыл бұрын

    WOW! THIS REALLY WORKED /S! THANK YOU!

  • @jaiminpandya7020
    @jaiminpandya70208 жыл бұрын

    May be i will write good things about person first. And whenever i got angry i will write bad things and see How do i really think about the person and what do i think when i am sad , mad or frustrated.

  • @shelleydavis5231
    @shelleydavis52315 жыл бұрын

    Loved this video, I thought she was his daughter!😂

  • @philiplee739
    @philiplee7394 жыл бұрын

    Why did they stop making youtube videos? I've just recently discovered you and could really benefit from your tips and messages.

  • @Thrivebeyond65
    @Thrivebeyond655 жыл бұрын

    The 3 steps you're talking about are The Work, by Byron Katie to inquire about our thoughts and whether they're true. As you know, it's a fabulous, which is why you've added it to your work.

  • @israelamaccabee9569
    @israelamaccabee95697 жыл бұрын

    So, how do I make my mother stop doing that? I am fearful that I'm already dealing with her brain already being affected due to multiple contusions in her youth, work in a toxic environment, trans-ischemic attacks. She's 66 y.o. but she's draining me out and transferring all the negativity to me. She's enjoying talking negatively and she feels like it's my duty as a daughter to listen to her. Ugh! Do you have meds for me to sleep or for her to be quiet??? :)

  • @usha6844
    @usha68444 жыл бұрын

    Hello Dr. Pls help tell me how to overcome with my ocd

  • @Scrambleroflahore2.0
    @Scrambleroflahore2.07 жыл бұрын

    hi doctor recently I have brain surgery but suddenly after that I started panic and stressed. it comes automatically and after sometime goes away. I want to go back to my social life and work. kindly guide me

  • @DrDanielAmen_BrainHealth
    @DrDanielAmen_BrainHealth9 жыл бұрын

    It’s possible to think positively if you KILL YOUR ANTS! We live in a world where we are constantly bombarded with fear and bad news that triggers our automatic negative thinking-ANTS! Need proof? Just turn on the TV or cruise through the net. Doom and gloom stories dominate the headlines-because fear makes us pay attention. In fact, our brains are wired to focus on the negative in order to avoid things that might hurt us. Fear definitely serves a purpose, but what happens when all we seem to focus on are negative thoughts? Bad things. Take a look at these compelling facts: Every thought you have releases chemicals in the brain. Hopeful thoughts release chemicals that help you feel happy and calm. Negative thoughts release chemicals that make you feel stressed and sad. If what you bring your attention to determines how you feel and act, focusing too much on negative thoughts can lead to destructive behaviors-behaviors that can ruin your important relationships and ruin your mind. Enough of the bad news. There is good news! You can learn how to kill your automatic negative thoughts (ANTs) and focus on the positive. Here’s how…

  • @mizamiium

    @mizamiium

    8 жыл бұрын

    This is so True . Tq Dr Daniel Amen.

  • @Firos81

    @Firos81

    8 жыл бұрын

    Right

  • @karenbressler6187

    @karenbressler6187

    6 жыл бұрын

    I need this so much. Thank you thank you thank you.

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    @soniabelmonte2439

    5 жыл бұрын

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  • @marcosrestrepo8340

    @marcosrestrepo8340

    5 жыл бұрын

    Dr. Daniel Amen "9

  • @anaheimbrv
    @anaheimbrv8 жыл бұрын

    i like ti thank you and you guy's look creat together

  • @vision40
    @vision404 жыл бұрын

    Is this something that can be used for retroactive/retrospective jealousy?

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