Judson Brewer: A simple way to break a bad habit
Judson Brewer: Uma forma simples de quebrar um mau hábito
Psychiatrist and addiction expert Judson Brewer researches mindfulness techniques that effectively help quell cravings of all kinds. Full bio
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pay attention to my breath,
prestar atenção à respiração,
to bring it back.
recuperar o controlo.
nestes retiros silenciosos,
in the middle of winter.
no meio do inverno.
because it was really hard work.
porque era mesmo difícil.
really important.
realmente importante.
trying to pay attention to something --
prestar atenção a algo
will drift off into a daydream,
a sonhar acordados,
to check our Twitter feed.
de aceder ao Twitter.
of the most evolutionarily-conserved
um dos processos de aprendizagem
currently known in science,
que a ciência conhece,
nervous systems known to man.
mais básicos que conhecemos.
and negative reinforcement,
"Calorias! ... Sobrevivência!"
sabe bem.
to our brain that says,
para o cérebro que diz:
and where you found it."
e onde o encontraste."
o nosso cérebro criativo diz:
our creative brains say,
than just remembering where food is.
memorizar onde há comida.
something good so you'll feel better?"
alguma coisa boa para te sentires melhor?"
when we're mad or sad,
quando estamos zangados ou tristes,
coming from our stomach,
que sai do nosso estômago,
outside smoking and we think,
a fumar lá fora e pensávamos:
and that was no accident.
e isso não era por acaso.
that urge to smoke a cigarette
o desejo de fumar um cigarro
with these habits.
of morbidity and mortality in the world.
de morbidez e mortalidade no mundo.
contra o nosso cérebro,
to pay attention,
a prestar atenção,
reward-based learning process ...
natural e baseado na recompensa,
in our momentary experience?
experiência momentânea?
could help people quit smoking.
poderia ajudar a deixar de fumar.
to pay attention to my breath,
a prestar atenção à minha respiração,
themselves to quit smoking.
forçar-se a deixar de fumar.
had tried this before and failed --
já tinha tentado e falhado,
and instead focused on being curious.
e concentrámo-nos na curiosidade.
about what it's like when you do."
sobre o que sentem quando o fazem."
from one of our smokers.
de uma das nossas fumadoras.
that smoking was bad for her,
que fumar lhe fazia mal,
curiously aware when she smoked
curiosamente consciente quando fumava
transformou-se em discernimento.
that smoking was bad for her
que fumar lhe fazia mal
disenchanted with her behavior.
com o seu comportamento.
from an evolutionary perspective,
do ponto de vista evolutivo,
that we shouldn't smoke.
que não devíamos fumar.
to help us change our behavior,
a mudar o nosso comportamento,
that third, that fourth cookie.
segunda, terceira, quarta bolacha.
to control our behavior.
controlar o nosso comportamento.
a primeira parte do cérebro
ficamos sob tensão,
when we get stressed out,
in our own experience.
experiências semelhantes.
like yell at our spouse or kids
com o nosso cônjuge ou filhos
it's not going to be helpful.
is so important.
é tão importante.
at a deeper level --
mais a fundo
ourselves to hold back
forçar-nos a conter-nos
in doing it in the first place.
interessados em realizá-los.
when we get caught up in our behaviors,
ficamos presos nos nossos comportamentos,
naturally letting go.
libertarmo-nos naturalmente.
magically we quit smoking.
deixamos magicamente de fumar.
to see more and more clearly
que vamos tomando consciência
antigos e criamos novos.
about being really interested
um interesse verdadeiro
in our bodies and minds
no nosso corpo e mente,
to turn toward our experience
para a experiência
cravings go away as quickly as possible.
desejos desagradáveis.
to turn toward our experience
para a experiência
nos tornamos curiosos?
are simply made up of body sensations --
simplesmente de sensações corporais
sensations come and go.
corporais vão e vêm.
by this huge, scary craving
por estes desejos enormes e assustadores
quando somos curiosos,
fear-based, reactive habit patterns,
padrões de hábitos baseados no medo
that next data point.
pelos próximos resultados.
too simplistic to affect behavior.
para afectar comportamentos.
we found that mindfulness training
que o treino da consciência
at helping people quit smoking.
a terapia padrão no abandono do tabaco.
the brains of experienced meditators,
de meditadores experientes,
of self-referential processing
de processamento auto-referencial
is that a region of this network,
é que uma região desta rede,
by craving itself
pelo desejo em si,
when we get sucked in,
quando somos sugados
of what's happening --
conscientes do que acontece —
mindfulness training programs
programas "online" de treino da consciência
nestes mecanismos centrais
that's driving us to distraction
a mesma tecnologia que nos distrai
of our unhealthy habit patterns
os nossos hábitos nocivos,
and other addictive behaviors.
e outros comportamentos aditivos.
about context-dependent memory?
sobre memória contextual?
to peoples' fingertips
nas pontas dos dedos das pessoas,
to be curiously aware
de serem curiosamente conscientes
or stress eat or whatever arises.
comer ou qualquer outro.
to check your email when you're bored,
e quiserem verificar o "email",
yourself from work,
distrair-se do trabalho,
to that text message when you're driving,
a uma mensagem enquanto conduzem,
this natural capacity,
and mind in that moment.
e na vossa mente nesse momento.
and exhaustive habit loops ...
e exaustivos ciclos de hábitos
compulsively text back,
de responder compulsivamente,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Judson Brewer - Mindful addiction doctorPsychiatrist and addiction expert Judson Brewer researches mindfulness techniques that effectively help quell cravings of all kinds.
Why you should listen
Psychiatrist Judson Brewer is a thought leader in the "science of self mastery," having combined nearly 20 years of experience with mindfulness and scientific research therein. An expert in mindfulness training for addictions, Judson has developed novel treatments to help individuals with substance abuse and eating disorders. He has also studied the neural mechanisms of mindfulness using standard and realtime fMRI, and is translating these findings into clinical use.
In 2012, Judson founded Claritas MindSciences to combine mindfulness and neurofeedback techniques for a variety of conditions; the latest apps are Craving to Quit and Eat Right Now. Judson is currently an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine at University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, where he is Director of Research at the Center for Mindfulness.
In 2017, Brewer published a book, The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love – Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits, that unpacks the topic of his TED Talk.
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