hello everyone welcome back to the
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simple English podcast I'm Lisa your
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host and today we're talking about
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something we all deal with but don't
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always notice brain
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rot brain rot that sounds like a zombie
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problem Lisa are we turning into The
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Dead well kind of have you ever felt
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like your brain is just mush like you
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your attention span is shrinking and all
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you want to do is scroll on your phone
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hours oh yeah that sounds like me at 2
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a.m. watching cat videos I don't even
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on exactly that's brain rot it happens
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when we overload our brains with too
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much junk content social media mindless
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scrolling endless short videos until we
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lose focus motivation and
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creativity so basically it's like eating
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junk food but for the
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brain spoton imagine eating nothing but
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potato chips every day at first it feels
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good but after a while you feel sluggish
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tired and unhealthy the same thing
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happens with our brains when we only
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consume fast easy and lowquality
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content and let's be honest we all do it
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it's so easy to just keep scrolling even
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when we know it's not helping
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us exactly but don't worry today we're
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going to talk about about how to cure
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brain rot and get our minds back in top
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shape so stick around because we have
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some easy fun and real life ways to fix
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it as always don't forget to check out
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the free PDF file in the comment section
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below to get the full transcript and
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vocabulary for this
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episode all right so first things first
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how do we know if we have brain
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rot hm if you spend more time scrolling
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than actually doing things you enjoy
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that's a big sign yep if reading a book
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feels impossible or if you get
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distracted after 5 Seconds of something
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important that's another red
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flag and let's be honest we all feel
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sometimes so Lisa what's the first step
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rot step one reduce mindless
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scrolling social media is designed to be
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addictive every time you scroll your
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brain gets a tiny reward like a little
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dopamine hit it's like eating one chip
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then another and suddenly boom you
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bag exactly but here's the trick set
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screen time limits or use apps that
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remind you when you've been scrolling
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long I tried setting my phone to
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grayscale black and white mode it made
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social media super boring and I scrolled
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less that's a great hack another trick
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is removing unnecessary apps from your
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home screen if you have to work harder
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to open them you're less likely to use
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mindlessly yeah I moved Instagram off my
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home screen and I noticed I stopped
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habit step two do something creative
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instead when you stop consuming start
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creating write draw play music C book
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whatever makes your brain work in a
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way I started journaling every morning
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and it really helped even writing a few
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sentences made me feel more in control
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thoughts love that and it doesn't have
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to be complicated even something as
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simple as coloring doodling or playing a
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puzzle game can refresh your
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brain oh I recently picked up a Rubik's
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Cube again and it's surprisingly fun it
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really makes you think differently
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instead of just absorbing endless
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step three read more long form content
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books articles even podcasts like this
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one anything that trains your brain to
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longer I tried audiobooks at first
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because reading felt too hard but after
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a while I started enjoying books
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again see it's like a mental workout the
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more you do it the easier it
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recommendations if you're just starting
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try short stories or even graphic novels
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they're easier to get into and once you
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build the Habit you can move on to
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books and finally step four get outside
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and move nature fresh air and exercise
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literally reset your brain oh totally
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even a 10-minute walk clears my head
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studies show that just 20 minutes
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outside can boost focus and creativity
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so if you're feeling stuck step outside
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take a walk or just sit in the sun I
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started doing morning walks without my
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phone it felt weird at first but now I
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love it that's amazing fresh air
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sunshine and movement are like a natural
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brain you know what's crazy your brain
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is actually like a muscle if you don't
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use it the right way it gets
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weaker that's true studies show that
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people who train their brain by reading
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learning new skills or playing strategy
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games actually age slower
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mentally so if I play chess does that
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forever not exactly but you'll
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definitely stay sharper for
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longer I read that in some countries
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older people are encouraged to play
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Sudoku or crossword puzzles to keep
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active yep and another cool fact
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scientists found that people who speak
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two languages have a lower risk risk of
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dementia because their brains are more
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active all right let's recap brain rot
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happens when we overload on junk content
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and the Cure is simple cut down on
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Mindless scrolling do creative things
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instead of consuming read long form
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content to train Focus move your body
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and get fresh air and don't forget your
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brain is like a muscle the more you
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challenge it the stronger it gets
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exactly so if you liked this episode
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don't forget to like subscribe and share
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friends and try these tips if they help
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you let us know in the comments thanks
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for listening to the simple English
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podcast see you next
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time all right it's time to learn some
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important vocabulary related to the
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topic the first word is dopamine it
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means a chemical in the brain that
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creates feelings of pleasure and reward
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example social media apps are designed
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to trigger dopamine release making them
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highly addictive next word is attention
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span it means the length of time a
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person can focus on a task without
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distracted example excessive scrolling
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on social media can reduce your
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attention span making it harder to focus
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on important tasks next word is Mindless
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scrolling it means the habit of
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continuously scrolling through social
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media or online content without any real
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purpose example Lisa realized she was
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spending hours in Mindless scrolling
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productive next word creativity it means
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the ability to generate new ideas solve
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problems or create something
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original example taking breaks from
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social media can help boost your
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creativity and allow you to develop new
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hobbies the last word is cognitive
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function f it means the mental processes
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that include thinking memory learning
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and problem solving example reading
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books and solving puzzles can improve
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your cognitive function and prevent
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