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This Unseen Addiction May Have You in Its Grasp

Published: Feb. 17, 2020, 8 a.m.

EPISODE 318 Are you addicted? You have an addiction you don't even know about! It is the addiction to safety and the avoidance of loss. Safety bias may be influencing your life experiences and opportunities, and you aren't even aware it is happening. In this episode of the Dr. CK Bray show, Dr. Bray shares the impact of safety bias and how the brain's threat-detecting network is sensitive to danger and loss. The effect of your daily decisions and actions may unknowingly be impacted by the brain's threat state, which is many times larger than the brain's reward detecting network. We seek after the feeling of reward but often give in to the "I have to be in my comfort zone" mentality. You could be making choices to avoid loss when seizing opportunity may be your best bet for success and fulfillment. Learn the tools to recognize and prevent safety bias to seize more opportunities and create a fuller life.