![]() Your hands get cold and wet, your muscles get tense, your heart beats faster, and your breathing becomes shallower. He started teaching patients how to eliminate all of the ANTs because they are what drive depression, what stoke anxiety, and what fuel negativity.Įvery single time you have a thought, your brain releases chemicals.Įvery time you have a sad, hopeless, mad, cranky, unkind, judgmental, or helpless thought, your brain immediately releases chemicals that make your body feel awful. He thought of his patients from that day – just like the infested kitchen, his patients’ brains were also infested by Automatic Negative Thoughts (ANTs) that were robbing them of their joy and stealing their happiness. As he started to clean them up, an acronym developed in his mind. When he got home that evening he found thousands of ants in his kitchen. Daniel Amen coined this term in the early 1990’s after a hard day at the office, during which he had several very difficult sessions with suicidal patients, teenagers in turmoil, and a married couple who hated each other. Then you need to become an expert about “ANTs.”ĭr. Would you like to reverse depression, anxiety, or negativity in your life? Would you like to experience peace of mind and joy?
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