Dr. Scott Lyons is a holistic psychologist, educator and author. As a renowned body-based trauma expert, Doctor of Osteopathy and Mind-Body Medicine specialist, Scott helps people to break free from cycles of pain, limited beliefs, and trauma. He recently published his first book, Addicted to Drama: Healing Dependency on Crisis and Chaos in Yourself and Others.
What you'll learn from this episode:
Why some people are addicted to drama, how to identify a drama addiction, and questions to ask yourself to help bring awareness to your emotional state and what you are seeking.
What it means to have ‘trauma tingles,’ and why you should be wary of intense, fast love, which is often a way of avoiding anxiety about true intimacy.
How the conditions that form a drama addiction are being replicated on a mass scale by news media and social media by creating an ‘attentional economy’ that relies on getting people's attention through stress and arousal—and what that does to your body.
How to recognize and avoid hyperpalatable, ultra-processed information on social media, and why doing a social media cleanse and seeking out whole food equivalent news sources can help you break free from addiction to drama and promote overall well-being
The signs and symptoms of drama withdrawal that you may experience after an interaction that may seem satisfying in the moment.
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Resources from this episode:
The Enmeshed Family System: What It Is and How to Break Free | Psychcentral
Do You Keep Falling for the Wrong Person? | Psychology Today
The Attention Economy: Standing Out Among The Noise
Reactions to Media Violence: It’s in the Brain of the Beholder | PMC
Neuroscience of Internet Pornography Addiction: A Review and Update | PMC
How Twitter Is Becoming More like OnlyFans – and What That Means for Users | The Independent
How Stress Influences Disease: Study Reveals Inflammation as the Culprit | ScienceDaily
How to Take a Social Media Detox: Top Ten Tips | Institute for Integrative Nutrition
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) | IMDb
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