BRAINSWITCH

Your Secret Escape Hatch From the Blues

Imagine your brain is like a two-room house.

Room 1 is the Emotional Room (subcortex). This is where sadness, anxiety, and stress live. If you stay here too long, things can feel overwhelming.

Room 2 is the Thinking Room (neocortex). This room is logical, problem-solving, and has no space for depression .

The trick? Brain-switching is like opening a secret door to escape the Emotional Room and step into the Thinking Room.

How to Brain-switch:

1. Do Something Simple and Repetitive – Think of a game, like counting backwards from 100 by 7s, saying the alphabet in a funny accent, or naming all the animals you can think of.
2. Focus On a Task – Your brains can’t be in two rooms at once. If you keep your Thinking Room busy, the Emotional Room loses power.
3. Practice Makes it Easier – The more you use the secret door, the faster you can switch rooms when you need to.

Why It Works:

• The Thinking Room can’t feel sad, so if you stay there, sadness can’t take over.
• It’s like changing the channel on a bad TV show – you don’t have to watch the sadness channel.
• Over time, you get better at switching rooms, making it easier to manage tough emotions.

Quick Brain-switching Hacks:

• Count how many blue things you see
• Recite song lyrics backwards in your head
• Spell your name using only fruit names (e.g., “Samantha” – Strawberry, Apple, Mango..)
• Tap your fingers in a pattern and try to remember it.

Brain-switching is like having a superpower to shift your mood when you need it. Try it next time you feel stuck in the Emotional Room – it’s a game-changer.