Your Brain is Lying to You: Why You Always Feel Negative

Most of your life is actually going fine but your brain doesn’t care.
It’s wired for survival, not happiness. That’s why it clings to stress and negativity while ignoring peace and joy. If you don’t understand this bias, it can quietly sabotage your decisions and relationships.

🔑 Key Takeaways:
Your brain is wired to remember danger, not dinner
Media profits by triggering your fear and your body pays the price
Fast emotions keep you alive, but slow thinking helps you thrive
The more negativity you consume, the more distorted your reality becomes
A daily gratitude list can reprogram your brain toward positivity

In this episode, Dr. Roger Hall unpacks the science behind the negativity bias and how to take back control of your thoughts and emotions in a fear-based media landscape.

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⏱️Timestamps:
0:00 – Why your brain is built to remember danger
0:47 – What is negativity bias?
1:52 – Why we remember food poisoning but not last Thursday’s dinner
3:12 – Evolutionary fear: spiders, snakes, and Indiana Jones
5:09 – Can we trust our first emotional reactions?
7:17 – How training and repetition override fear
10:21 – Fast vs. slow thinking: Kahneman’s brain model
13:24 – Why fear shuts down rational thinking
17:01 – Has media weaponized your fear?
20:03 – News ads and stress-related illnesses
23:22 – What is mental marinade?
25:20 – Is the new generation more vulnerable to manipulation?
27:35 – Doomscrolling and the availability heuristic
32:13 – Biased sampling: how algorithms distort reality
33:45 – Practical tip: Gratitude list as a brain reset
36:56 – Focusing on the little things in everyday life
38:43 – Final tips and book recommendation: The Power of Bad