February 28, 2023
Changed His Mind
By: N.L. Skjonsby
Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to change and adapt due to experience. It’s a catch all term for how the brain can change, reorganize, or grow neural networks. Dopamine is a chemical that is released in the brain that makes us feel good. Learning about these two items has changed my mind more than anything else I have ever experienced.
I have suffered from depression my whole life. Even as a young child I would go through very dark times. Sometimes I will go years between episodes but it is always there right under the surface if not fully debilitating. I don’t know if this is a chemical imbalance or a genetic issue, but it’s real and it sucks.
As I grew up and settled in to my life, I looked at my depression like I do allergies. I can’t stop them from happening but I can try things to make them less sever. On top of seasonal allergies and depression I also have multiple learning disabilities and minor food allergies. I struggled in school and any long-term concentration. I learned (self-taught) how to work around these items and even though I quit school when I was six-teen. I have had a very good career and 37-year marriage.
I read a lot both fiction and non-fiction, and have often tried to self-diagnose my issues. On November 18th 2021, I discovered a podcast that has changed my mind and my life. Impact Theory is the podcast and the host is a nerdy but highly successful businessman. He has guests on his podcast that range from Neuroscientist’s to businesspeople. Through watching and listening to this show I have literally changed my mind.
This writing task was probably geared more towards a specific idea that we flipped on, but this is where I went.
Since November 18th 2021, I have started to write, exercise, learn, meditate, and be grateful every day. I have also cultivated a mindset that everything is my fault. Not in a self-loathing way but in a take responsibility sort of way. I have still struggled with my eating, I’m not overweight but my diet is not where it should be. I still partake in refined sugars and too many carb’s, but I am working on it, and I know that I can do anything I set my mind too.
— N. L. Skjonsby
Changed His Mind
By: N.L. Skjonsby
Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to change and adapt due to experience. It’s a catch all term for how the brain can change, reorganize, or grow neural networks. Dopamine is a chemical that is released in the brain that makes us feel good. Learning about these two items has changed my mind more than anything else I have ever experienced.
I have suffered from depression my whole life. Even as a young child I would go through very dark times. Sometimes I will go years between episodes but it is always there right under the surface if not fully debilitating. I don’t know if this is a chemical imbalance or a genetic issue, but it’s real and it sucks.
As I grew up and settled in to my life, I looked at my depression like I do allergies. I can’t stop them from happening but I can try things to make them less sever. On top of seasonal allergies and depression I also have multiple learning disabilities and minor food allergies. I struggled in school and any long-term concentration. I learned (self-taught) how to work around these items and even though I quit school when I was six-teen. I have had a very good career and 37-year marriage.
I read a lot both fiction and non-fiction, and have often tried to self-diagnose my issues. On November 18th 2021, I discovered a podcast that has changed my mind and my life. Impact Theory is the podcast and the host is a nerdy but highly successful businessman. He has guests on his podcast that range from Neuroscientist’s to businesspeople. Through watching and listening to this show I have literally changed my mind.
This writing task was probably geared more towards a specific idea that we flipped on, but this is where I went.
Since November 18th 2021, I have started to write, exercise, learn, meditate, and be grateful every day. I have also cultivated a mindset that everything is my fault. Not in a self-loathing way but in a take responsibility sort of way. I have still struggled with my eating, I’m not overweight but my diet is not where it should be. I still partake in refined sugars and too many carb’s, but I am working on it, and I know that I can do anything I set my mind too.
— N. L. Skjonsby
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