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Is Your Happiness Set-Point Making You Sick? - Dr. Kim D'Eramo

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Channel: Dr. Kim D'Eramo · 2016 · People & Blogs

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Hi, it's Dr. Kim D'Eramo from drkimd.com. I've had a lot of people asking me recently about as they're releasing anxiety and they're getting free and using all these mind-body tools that they start to get into this pattern where things are going so well they feel like the other shoe's going to drop or I can't be that happy because I start worrying something bad is going to happen. What that's called is that you have a happiness set point. In your nervous system you've got a set point for how much happiness and how much well being you get to have. Mentally it can happen, you start having all these negative thoughts. I've seen this with a lot of women as soon as they've had a new baby. All this joy and love comes into their life, but it's beyond their happiness set point.
 Their brain will start worrying and worrying, "What if something happens? What if something happens to my baby?" They start constantly worrying about their child or physically when just everything is going right in life and things are awesome and finally things calm down, and then boom. You get sick and your body shuts down and you can't really enjoy it, or what I've seen emotionally. I'm feel so good, I'm feel amazing, but I can't enjoy it because I start worrying something bad is going to happen. That's a lot of the reason why people will develop anxiety. You'll get the anxiety just when you start to expand beyond your happiness set point. I had this happen just the other day. I was with my daughter. We were having this amazing mommy/daughter date and it was this beautiful day and we're having so much fun.
 I went to take her out of the car. We're going to go have sushi at our favorite restaurant and I had this feeling all of a sudden like, "This is not going to be okay. You can't afford this. You don't have enough time. It's not going to be all right." I was like, "This is the craziest thought. What, I can't afford to take that extra time? I should be working or doing something." It was this awareness something bad is going to happen if you enjoy life this much. It was a flicker of an instant, but I caught the feeling in my body. I immediately took a deep breath. I told my body, "You're doing awesome. You can absolutely have all of this and so much more and it's safe for you to enjoy your life this much."
 Ask yourself when things are getting so good that you shut down or you get anxious or you go into fear. Are you just coming up on your happiness set point? Because you can give your nervous system new information about how joyful you get to be, how much well being, how much health you get to have, how much abundance, how much money, how good things really can be for you and you get to enjoy it. Releasing those beliefs of "I don't deserve it" or "life's not that good, it's something bad," all of that. You deserve to expand into everything that life has to offer you. Be sure to share this video. Send me your comments about how you've noticed this show up in your life and be sure you're subscribed at drkimd.com. I'll see you soon. DRKIMDERAMO.MINDYOURBODY

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