🦹 Meet Your Hijacker Brain (And How to Stop It)
Inside your head, there's a constant battle.
The 'hijacker brain' (left side) almost always wins - feeding you fear, complaints, and victim thinking.
When things get risky or high-stakes, the hijacker grabs the microphone.
The damage is real: Letting it take over can spiral into days or even weeks of negative thinking.
How to fight back:
- Build awareness - you can't fight what you can't see
- Give your hijacker a name - separate it from your true self
- When you catch it talking, call it out: 'That's just my hijacker'
- Notice when your brain checks out of conversations and be honest about it
Awareness is your greatest weapon against the hijacker.
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