Are you feeling stuck at home, unable to do anything but watch the current crisis from the sidelines? Maybe even feeling guilty or ashamed that there are doctors, nurses, and other first responders on the front lines of the battle while you’re safely at home? What you’re feeling is totally normal, but there are ways to keep from spiraling into negative emotions and recognize that we’re all doing our part.

References from video:
Review of the neuroscience: [ Ссылка ]

Study showing DMN affecting task networks and inhibiting cognitive performance: [ Ссылка ]

Brene Brown’s TED talk on listening to shame: [ Ссылка ]

Resources:
1. Subscribe to the Dr. Jud channel (click the red SUBSCRIBE button) to be notified of future daily updates, and join a free weekly "office hours" anxiety Q&A session on Mondays at noon eastern US (12:00 EST)

2. Build your awareness using mindfulness practices, like those in the free "Breathe by Dr. Jud" app, available on both Apple and Android devices.
Apple: [ Ссылка ]
Android: [ Ссылка ]. For more resources on anxiety, including free mindfulness exercises, visit [ Ссылка ] or follow me on Twitter @judbrewer or Instagram @dr.jud.

3. The University of Oxford Mindfulness Centre is offering weekly mindfulness classes with an associated podcast to support people during the COVID 19 pandemic. Further details here: [ Ссылка ]. Visit the Free Mindfulness Project for a growing library of free talks, videos, online courses and live practice sessions: [ Ссылка ]. Also, Mindful Leader is providing Free Live & Online daily meditation & support groups: [ Ссылка ].

Jud Brewer MD PhD ("Dr. Jud") is an addiction psychiatrist and neuroscientist. He is the Director of Research and Innovation at Brown University’s Mindfulness Center, and associate professor of psychiatry as well as behavioral and social sciences at Brown’s School of Public Health. His work has been featured on 60 minutes, at TED.com (4th most viewed talk of 2016), and in media outlets across the world. He is the author of The Craving Mind: from cigarettes to smartphones to love, why we get hooked and how we can break bad habits (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017).

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