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Bonjour à tous et bienvenue dans le podcast Simple English. Je suis Lisa, votre animatrice, et aujourd’hui, on parle de quelque chose qu’on vit tous sans toujours s’en rendre compte : la pourriture cérébrale.
simple English podcast I'm Lisa your
host and today we're talking about
something we all deal with but don't
always notice brain
Pourriture cérébrale, ça sonne comme un problème de zombie.
Lisa, est-ce qu’on se transforme en Walking Dead ?
Walking
Pas vraiment, mais est-ce que vous avez déjà eu l’impression que votre cerveau était juste de la bouillie, que vous ne parvenez pas à vous concentrer ?
like your brain is just mush like you
can't focus
Votre capacité d’attention diminue et tout ce que vous voulez faire, c’est faire défiler votre téléphone pendant des heures.
you want to do is scroll on your phone
for
Oh oui, ça me rappelle moi à 2 heures du matin en train de regarder des vidéos de chats. Je ne me souviens même pas avoir cliqué dessus.
a.m. watching cat videos I don't even
remember clicking
C’est exactement ça, la pourriture cérébrale. Ça arrive quand on surcharge notre cerveau avec trop de contenu inutile, les réseaux sociaux, le défilement sans fin, les vidéos courtes jusqu’à ce qu’on perde la concentration, la motivation et la créativité.
when we overload our brains with too
much junk content social media mindless
scrolling endless short videos until we
lose focus motivation and
En gros, c’est comme manger de la malbouffe, mais pour le cerveau. Imaginez ne manger que des chips tous les jours. Au début, ça semble bien, mais après un moment, vous vous sentez lent, fatigué et en mauvaise santé.
junk food but for the
brain spoton imagine eating nothing but
potato chips every day at first it feels
good but after a while you feel sluggish
C’est la même chose pour notre cerveau quand on ne consomme que du contenu rapide, facile et de mauvaise qualité. Et soyons honnêtes, on le fait tous.
happens with our brains when we only
consume fast easy and lowquality
C’est tellement facile de continuer à faire défiler, même quand on sait que ça ne nous aide pas.
it's so easy to just keep scrolling even
when we know it's not helping
Exactement, mais ne vous inquiétez pas. Aujourd’hui, on va parler de comment guérir la pourriture cérébrale et retrouver un esprit en pleine forme. Restez avec nous, car on a des astuces simples, amusantes et pratiques pour y remédier.
going to talk about about how to cure
brain rot and get our minds back in top
shape so stick around because we have
some easy fun and real life ways to fix
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D’accord, alors première chose : comment savoir si on a de la pourriture cérébrale ?
how do we know if we have brain
rot hm if you spend more time scrolling
Si vous passez plus de temps à faire défiler qu’à faire des choses que vous aimez, c’est un gros signe.
that's a big sign yep if reading a book
feels impossible or if you get
distracted after 5 Seconds of something
Si lire un livre semble impossible ou si vous êtes distrait après 5 secondes sur quelque chose d’important, c’est un autre signal d’alarme.
flag and let's be honest we all feel
that
Et soyons honnêtes, on se sent tous comme ça parfois.
to curing brain
rot step one reduce mindless
Étape 1 : réduire le défilement sans but. Les réseaux sociaux sont conçus pour être addictifs. Chaque fois que vous faites défiler, votre cerveau reçoit une petite récompense, comme un petit coup de dopamine.
addictive every time you scroll your
brain gets a tiny reward like a little
dopamine hit it's like eating one chip
then another and suddenly boom you
finished the whole
Exactement, mais voici l’astuce : fixez des limites de temps d’écran ou utilisez des applications qui vous rappellent quand vous avez trop défilé.
screen time limits or use apps that
remind you when you've been scrolling
too
long I tried setting my phone to
J’ai essayé de mettre mon téléphone en mode noir et blanc, ça a rendu les réseaux sociaux super ennuyeux et j’ai beaucoup moins défilé.
social media super boring and I scrolled
way a
less that's a great hack another trick
Une autre astuce est de supprimer les applications inutiles de votre écran d’accueil. Si vous devez faire plus d’efforts pour les ouvrir, vous serez moins enclin à les utiliser sans réfléchir.
home screen if you have to work harder
to open them you're less likely to use
them
mindlessly yeah I moved Instagram off my
home screen and I noticed I stopped
opening it out of
habit step two do something creative
Étape 2 : faites quelque chose de créatif à la place. Quand vous arrêtez de consommer, commencez à créer. Écrivez, dessinez, jouez de la musique, lisez, tout ce qui fait travailler votre cerveau différemment.
creating write draw play music C book
whatever makes your brain work in a
different
way I started journaling every morning
and it really helped even writing a few
sentences made me feel more in control
of my
thoughts love that and it doesn't have
to be complicated even something as
simple as coloring doodling or playing a
puzzle game can refresh your
brain oh I recently picked up a Rubik's
Cube again and it's surprisingly fun it
really makes you think differently
instead of just absorbing endless
information
Étape 3 : lisez plus de contenu long. Des livres, des articles, même des podcasts comme celui-ci, tout ce qui entraîne votre cerveau à se concentrer plus longtemps.
books articles even podcasts like this
one anything that trains your brain to
focus
longer I tried audiobooks at first
because reading felt too hard but after
a while I started enjoying books
again see it's like a mental workout the
more you do it the easier it
gets any book
recommendations if you're just starting
try short stories or even graphic novels
they're easier to get into and once you
build the Habit you can move on to
longer
books and finally step four get outside
Étape 4 : sortez et bougez. La nature, l’air frais et l’exercice réinitialisent littéralement votre cerveau.
literally reset your brain oh totally
even a 10-minute walk clears my head
studies show that just 20 minutes
outside can boost focus and creativity
so if you're feeling stuck step outside
take a walk or just sit in the sun I
started doing morning walks without my
phone it felt weird at first but now I
love it that's amazing fresh air
sunshine and movement are like a natural
detox for your
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brain you know what's crazy your brain
is actually like a muscle if you don't
use it the right way it gets
weaker that's true studies show that
people who train their brain by reading
learning new skills or playing strategy
games actually age slower
mentally so if I play chess does that
mean I'll live
forever not exactly but you'll
definitely stay sharper for
longer I read that in some countries
older people are encouraged to play
Sudoku or crossword puzzles to keep
their brains
active yep and another cool fact
scientists found that people who speak
two languages have a lower risk risk of
dementia because their brains are more
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active all right let's recap brain rot
happens when we overload on junk content
and the Cure is simple cut down on
Mindless scrolling do creative things
instead of consuming read long form
content to train Focus move your body
and get fresh air and don't forget your
brain is like a muscle the more you
challenge it the stronger it gets
exactly so if you liked this episode
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you let us know in the comments thanks
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time all right it's time to learn some
important vocabulary related to the
topic the first word is dopamine it
means a chemical in the brain that
creates feelings of pleasure and reward
example social media apps are designed
to trigger dopamine release making them
highly addictive next word is attention
span it means the length of time a
person can focus on a task without
getting
distracted example excessive scrolling
on social media can reduce your
attention span making it harder to focus
on important tasks next word is Mindless
scrolling it means the habit of
continuously scrolling through social
media or online content without any real
purpose example Lisa realized she was
spending hours in Mindless scrolling
instead of being
productive next word creativity it means
the ability to generate new ideas solve
problems or create something
original example taking breaks from
social media can help boost your
creativity and allow you to develop new
hobbies the last word is cognitive
function f it means the mental processes
that include thinking memory learning
and problem solving example reading
books and solving puzzles can improve
your cognitive function and prevent
brain
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