Those of us who were raised in the West Indies did not grow up in homes where race was a common topic of discussion. It appears that Black Americans have been so grossly affected by racism that they almost lay-wait offensive behavior. Other nationalities, while heavily conscious of their ugly pasts are not nearly as tainted. The whole world has been touched by the angst of inequality and prejudice (including the Caribbean) but African-Americans appear to have the hardest time moving forward. You’re on the black team now, and as such, may find yourself in situations where you are scrutinized by other black Americans for your racial ignorance. Living in the United States as a person of color immediately affiliates you as African-American. Warned that things are different ‘here’ and that the color of your skin has in more ways that one already set them up for failure. Warned that success will most certainly be harder for them. Before an immigrant can experience the strife and joys of the States, they are frequently discouraged, or should I say, warned. What is all the more surprising is that these tensions are more so perpetuated by African-Americans. Caribbean Nationals just don’t get it? Conversations With My FriendsĬaribbean immigrants who arrive to the United States are often shell-shocked by the palpable presence of racism. The brain activity abnormalities seen in Amen Clinics patients who engage in catastrophic thinking are also consistent with those who have anxiety or depression.Creating A Library Of Wonderful Experiences Racism in America…. This research also noted changes in the hypothalamus and pituitary responses.Īt Amen Clinics, which has built the world’s largest database of brain scans related to behavior, SPECT scans show that people who catastrophize often have overactivity in the brain’s emotional and fear centers. A 2009 study on people with chronic pain who catastrophize revealed heightened activity in brain regions associated with emotions related to pain. Each time you think something bad will happen then imagine an even more terrible consequence, you teach your brain to repeat the process.īrain imaging research shows that people who tend to predict the worst typically have abnormal activity in certain areas of the brain. In addition, when catastrophic thinking occurs regularly, it strengthens neural pathways and causes it to become a habit. Catastrophizing triggers a cascade of feel-bad neurochemicals. Negative thoughts prompt the release of chemicals that make you feel bad. Happy thoughts trigger the release of feel-good chemicals. CATASTROPHIC THINKING AND THE BRAINĮvery time you have a thought, it causes the brain to release chemicals. ![]() It can hold you back from When you’re constantly on edge expecting something awful to occur, it makes you feel stressed, depressed, and anxious. They take the littlest problems and turn them into major disasters waiting to happen. Most people who think this way don’t even realize they’re doing it. They multiply and eventually, the ANTs infest your mind. If I go on the sailing excursion and there’s a storm, we’ll capsize, and then I’ll be lost at sea for days and eaten by a shark.ĭo you see how one negative thought leads to another even bigger negative notion? These are “fortune-telling” ANTs that breed more ANTs.Now they’re going to leave me, and I’ll be alone for the rest of my life. I had a fight with my significant other.I’m sure it’s going to be cancer, and then it’s going to be a slow and painful death. ![]()
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