Chris Evans on “brain noise” and anxiety
Chris Evans on “brain noise” and anxiety
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Chris Evans on “brain noise” and anxiety
Shhh
His smile is like an e-mail from my Mom. All caps.
Edit: I feel guilty. This isn’t my joke. It’s from Martin Short’s “Jiminy Glick” interview of Larry David.
Shhhhhh
Shhhhhhh.
He seems unusually sane and thoughtful for a Hollywood actor.
I prefer “shhhhut the fuck up”.
I have figured out the “shhhh”… now to figure out how to make my brain listen
He’s changed a lot since doing Top Gear.
sage words, it’s /r/mindfulness /r/meditation, if anyone wants more info.
As someone who has bad anxiety, this was somewhat comforting. Now I just need to learn to train my brain to actually “Shhh.”
I have many negative cognitive thoughts often. I’ll think I’m a failure but then I try to be reasonable and think “You still are capable, you just haven’t done anything about it yet.” Then my brain goes “Yeah, you’re lazy.” And sometimes it’s hard to argue with my brain.
As much as this looks like a Scientology video, the principle is sound. Meditation, etc.
Did you just shush me?
**”Everyone’s brain is noisy, that’s what it does. It makes thoughts. The problem is following that brain noise and listening to that brain noise and identifying with it as if that is who you are.”**
…Thanks Cap.
If i ever meet this guy I’ll tell him how good he was in the film “Puncture”, probably one of his best performances as an actor
Thank you for sharing this, honestly I found his words invaluable. This may be advice that follows me for a long time.
[This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3rl5O_92Co) exurb1a video paints a pretty good picture of what Chris Evans is talking about (and puts very well imo). If you’re interested in starting meditation, his video might give you some incentive!
I suffer from terrible anxiety, and can confirm this does wonders. Another technique is to just take a deep breath in and out, just 5 seconds. It has instant positive and calming affects.
I have so much more respect for him after watching that.
My God that man has a majestic back.
Pretty damn cool interview.
He’s basically adopting buddhist philosophies. Which I highly recommend looking into if you’re suffering from anxiety or depression. Helped more than a 8 years of therapy/meds.
You have no idea how much I needed to find this at the top of r/videos today.
Thank you.
Realising that it’s your brains job to compute equations based on past experiences is essential to understanding yourself. He summed it up well with saying that it isn’t your personality. It’s just another organ in your body doing it’s thing to keep you alive.
Yeah, as someone who has dealt with a lot depression, sometimes the only thing you can do is to tell your mind to shut up, and not let all the bad thoughts get the best of you. Because while you can’t cure mental illness with the right attitude, it does actually help a lot, realising that so many of your doubts and fears are completely unwarranted is important.
Every time I’m going through something difficult, I come onto reddit, and there is always something relevant. Thank you for posting.
Dave Chappelle said it best, *”You can become famous but you can’t become unfamous. You can become infamous but not unfamous.”*
Considering how common and widespread anxiety seems to be these days, I’m beginning to think that maybe it’s just part of human nature. Because at this point I feel like EVERYONE has some form of anxiety these days.
Brain noise? Like… thoughts?
The man has experienced and shares some great wisdom
I’ve never heard the term ‘brain noise’ before and it’s an immediate relief to have it described like this.
Really good stuff.
Chris Evans is a human being, just like all of us.
He is not a robot. Some people sees Hollywood actors and actresses as if they were too different compared to us, as if it seemed they have no feelings, emotions, fears and that they won’t ever feel (and felt) sad or worried.
Either way, we are all humans.
No matter if we are rich or poor.
No matter if we are famous or not.
We’re all humans and the good thing about knowing all of this about Chris Evans is that what he said will probably gonna help lots of people, and that’s incredible.
I wish they would let Cap make these kinds speeches in the movies because Evans clearly has a knack for inspirational speeches. The only time he really did that was in Winter Soldier.
I needed this, just had a very bad day. Even the most succesful people in the world have the same fears as we all do. Thanks for sharing this video
The basis of meditation right here
Did Chris Evans just change my life?
I started meditating last year and it absolutely turned my life around, only for the better. I used to be such an anxious, judgemental, insecure little bitch before I started meditating.
*”…everyone’s brain is noisy. It’s what it does. It makes thoughts. And the problem is, I think in most of our lives, the root of suffering is following that brain noise, and listening to that brain noise, and actually identifying with it as if it’s who you are. That’s just the noise your brain makes.”*
For anyone that this really resonates with, I highly recommend reading The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael A. Singer. A superb book that has had a lasting effect on my life.
I love this.
“Maybe the thing you’re the most scared of is the thing you want to do.” omg. he’s a real-life steve rogers.
I went into this video thinking it said “brain nose”..was quite curious. And boy is he handsome!
This reminds me of the book power of now. It’s a pretty good read if you want to dig deeper into this “brain noise”thing and learn to be more in the present.
I’m saddened and stressed a lot because of my social anxiety but seeing this helps a bit. He seems like a genuine person, a lot of actors come across as fake.
This guy would fit perfectly as Big Boss
” braincloud. “
Fellow noisey, anxious brain owner here. Meditation has done wonders for me and I make time for it every day. I agree with Chris, it’s comforting being able to tell your brain Sshhhhh
The message is fantastic and the guy is the living embodiment of his role as Captain America.
But holy shit can we just get a camera on a tripod and stop with the jump cut jump cut closeup shakycam closeup extreme closeup unsteadycam cut cut cut cut cut for an answer to one question
“Becoming… Intel”
That could’ve been placed better
What a guy. Thanks capn
thanks for the info
I just found out this guy dated this cute comedian lady I saw on TV the other day
God, I needed this in my life so fucking bad.
I’d calm down too if I had Chris Evans whisper Shh to me.
He seems like a very thoughtful guy.
If I was to meet him I could pinpoint what it is……I know what it is…………………….
That was well thought out.
I think he’s a good guy and IMO it has always shown in his performances. He really does fit the Captain America character to a T.
The mindset of just learning to tolerate chronic anxiety seems so silly to me. It’s completely possible to get your anxiety down to a point where you don’t really need to do anything to manage it.
I was heading towards a massive mental break last year and it pops in your head, which makes you question who you think you are.
good ideas, awakening
good video
Thanks Chris
“Maybe what you’re most scared of is what you should actually do” … damn… thank you Chris Evans
Chronic 20+ year unremitting Tinnitus, Depersonalization and Visual Snow. I hit the holy trinity of brain noise…
I suffer from an anxiety disorder and was taught a very similar method to Chris’ “shhh” technique. It involves thinking of your anxiety as an entity, or some sort of little gremlin-like thing that follows you around everywhere and tugs at your leg every time you have an anxious thought. The entity following you around isn’t you, it’s a separate thing, and just like a bully the more attention you give it and the more you react to it the more it will keep pestering you.
Whenever you’re feeling anxious you should imagine the little guy pulling your leg and just let it happen. He is smaller than you and you have the power, the more you ignore him the more bored he will get, and eventually (hopefully) he will go away.
It is of course always easier said than done, I just find it helps to perceive the anxiety in a funnier and more imaginative way like this.
Better believe it, I get the thought sort of resembling not in any case attempting to dissuade your cerebrum cause it’s going to do tension related poo back.
the book 10 Percent Happier is about this topic. I really enjoyed it.
Sometimes you just have to have some patience.
Actors are fucking weird and different 😉
Shush, simple, I like it.
When I was an athlete in college, I struggled a lot with performance anxiety. The concept of brain noise, and “shh” takes a long time to master. It’s about silencing your negative self-talk, just trusting yourself to do what you need to do.
Excellent advice for anyone who struggles with any sort of anxiety. Very very difficult to execute without years of practice.
I’ve been struggling with some of the worst anxiety if ever experienced and as someone who has never really acknowledged it’s existence it’s scary as hell. This video made me feel a lot more sane. Thanks Cap