5 Ways To Cure Brain Rot

[@ColeHastings]

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[@Виолаз-ъ6ж]

I’m only 13 years old, but I’ve already noticed how social media and phone changed my attention span and capability to actually get things done without background noices etc… I remember when I was younger that I read a lot of books, drew, and just did things without my phone while actually enjoying it more then scrolling.. I really hope I will improve this situation by somehow limiting myself in just pointlessly scrolling all day, because I just realized lately that it’s really ruining my productivity and maybe life, so I hope everyone who’s struggling with it will find the strength to overcome it

[@runmeramen6106]

Same :(

[@bramderacourt9499]

I had a vacation without smartphone. Best two weeks of my life.

[@dvdv8197]

I decided not to use ANY screens for half a day a week lately. It's quite amazing how much more you get done. I hope to expand that to more moments during the week!

[@h2woah127]

Now do two half days a week!

[@dvdv8197]

@@h2woah127 I'll try! (But clearly it's NOT gonna be this half a day 😆😂)

[@icetmzz9074]

what if you have to work on your laptop?

[@benwright7773]

My theory about needing sound and stimulation to do tasks is that nature isn't silent. Nature is already stimulating but we're not connected to that as much when we're in houses for example. Plus the addition of being social creatures and liking to do things together instead of alone.

[@kirbylover37]

I'm not saying you're 100% wrong but, nature is pretty silent

[@h2woah127]

@@kirbylover37do you go outside???

[@catfacecat.]

​@@h2woah127it can be loud at times, but mostly silent. the only time i notice loudness is when i'm sleeping in nature and birds chirp.

[@antonmuffin6214]

they have have study noise thats just "nature" sounds like air and water moving. really depends where you are, because some places are more quite then others, some even pretty silent. i just use music because it helps block intrusive thoughts

[@Raccon_Detective.]

​@kirbylover37 When nature is silent it usually means there's a predator around.

[@matth2471]

Found it kind of funny that you said you were proud of folks making it through the video without heading off elsewhere, and I'm sitting here like "bring on another couple hours, let's really dig into this on a molecular level". I love longform video essays and stuff of that nature. I'm definitely not immune from liking some shortform stuff but I always feel like trash after about 2 minutes of it. On the flipside, I'll gladly get a campfire going, get my camp chair, and tend to that for several hours with my phone left inside if I don't have housework or job work to do. It also intrigues me when my wife and I go out to a dinner date or whatever and we can have a discussion for a half hour, and we will look around occasionally and notice that we are likely the only couple actually talking without phones out.

[@Porcupinemist]

As someone obsessed with self improvement its so nice knowing other people are aware and trying.

[@aronfranks]

Exactly, just TRY. People need to start improving and knock it off with doom and gloom.

[@levvaus]

This life advice encourages me to keep learning and growing every day.

[@iamhim180]

I wouldn't say I like scrolling, but I avoid it. I like how you see things. It makes me feel seen when everyone I know seems addicted to their phones in an almost zombified state. Thank you.

[@shinkiro648]

Thank you ,cole. These videos are always helpful to ground oneself every often.

[@ColeHastings]

That’s what they’re here for. Glad I could help

[@kirbylover37]

My favorite video in a long time. Fantastic advice. Thank you so much for this. It's the wake up call I need. I have learned some of these skills permanently, like going easy on myself (that used to be a HUGE struggle), but awareness is ALWAYS the key, and it's always what slips away from me as I slip into my bad habits. Who knows how long I'll be off the brainrot wagon this time, but I wouldn't have been off it at all this time if it wasn't for you. I appreciate you trying to help us. A lot of what you said resonated with me greatly. ESPECIALLY the pulling out my phone when I have to do something I don't really want to do. I'm a huge offender of always having a podcast on while doing the dishes, bringing my phone to the bathroom, I even fall asleep listening to let's plays. It's a PROBLEM, and I need to admit it to myself. Thank you for helping me do that. One question on 8:10 though: I like learning piano, video editing, having deep conversations, playing volleyball, but... nobody watches my videos or listens to me play piano, etc.. My job, while I don't hate it, is very boring and doesn't bring anyone joy (I manage a legal contracts database). I don't feel like I'm "giving to the world". I'm not too upset about this, I don't need to be famous or anything, but I don't know if I have found that "giving to the world" activity yet. I'm wondering how I can find that. I've been searching for a while. Just wondering if you (or anyone else in the comments) has any thoughts on my predicament that they'd like to share.

[@arturadamczyk2304]

This vid out of hundreds out there on the topic actually made me feel good.😅 . Brain rot and procrastination is the plaque of my life.Thank you to the author...

[@Cacau8448]

My favorite video of your page so far. Nice way of stimulating other people's brains.

[@ColeHastings]

Thank you

[@fobrod6327]

really good video, really helps summarize everything into quick bullet points and suggestions, and instead of saying the copy and paste “just remove and remove social media” which the people who say that don’t even do, you actually give advice and instructions on how to do the thing you’re telling us to do rather than to just say to do something and not explain how to do it

[@Endrophines]

Thank you so much my man , i have been skipping your channel for months because of my new life style and big changes , i knew i would come back and this video does not dissapoint at all . Was seeing what you posted for over a year now and glad you spoke this topic up ! Have a great day Cole

[@coltonseibert]

Love you man. This video helped me realize I need to lock in on my dream of being a personal trainer. That activity you talk about that others find extremely hard but I’m able to do effortlessly is fitness for me. I need to make my dreams a reality.

[@dvdv8197]

@@coltonseibert judging by that profile picture, you have what it takes. Good luck!! 🙏🙏

[@coltonseibert]

@@dvdv8197 I appreciate you 🥹

[@captoonsvideo]

This was very insightful and very useful for a lot of us. That quote “instead of trying to beat a bad habit, you need to change your life, then bad habits will naturally go” is golden information.

[@Snagger__11]

Man! This might be your new best video! IMO before it was your video on “OVERTHINKING STOPS NOW” but this one may be even better or at least at the same level. Your Overthinking video and this video on brain rot are top 5 YT videos that I genuinely believe every person in the world must watch or at least be taught/ shown in late highschool/ early college. The part about the prefrontal cortex I found to be very interesting as I found that visualizing also helps strengthen that. Have a phobia for spiderwebs but when I visualize cannons pointed at it defusing it’s like I’m telling my brain that what it’s looking at is not something that it needs to get stressed over. Cool to know that having engaging conversations which strengthens the prefrontal cortex would ALSO help with phobias I would have never thought!

[@DeepakJayjan]

Thanks you bro , this video changed my life entirely.

[@HybridMiranda]

This was a really good video to watch. I realize I have a lot of escapist habits; I try avoiding them and I'm working on myself, but your video presented some really good steps and tips to help me and others along the way.

[@ana.stuhec]

Thank you Cole for these videos. I've been into personal development for years now and highly agree with what you suggest in your videos. I also still learn a lot from them! Sometimes all we need is a reminder that directs us on the right path. I wish I knew more people who are like you in real life. It is quite a lonely journey, I'm sure you understand what I mean by that. Greetings and thank you for everything! ❤🥰

[@jiakas_124]

you have the only good self improvement channel on youtube, i love your videos man

[@SicosisXL]

Thanks Cole, hope your doing ok bro, all the best from the UK, Again thank you iv been subscribed to you for a min, good few years now and its great to see you still helping ppl man . Respect yeah ! ☮

[@jacobnelson6042]

Exactly what I needed right now.

[@michaaalyn]

Stayed til the end and loved every minute of this, Cole! This message is SO important and I truly hope it reaches more people because we can tell the effort and pure intention you put into it 💫

[@ColeHastings]

Thank you 🙏

[@Kokopuffs-q8h]

your content has genuinely helped me improve my life so much man. it‘s like a cool older brother ~~

[@kirbylover37]

Cole is such a high bar for a older brother lol, no one should be expected to have this much self awareness and exceptional advice

[@pedrotvm_]

i feel the same here, cole has a very good content

[@ColeHastings]

I really appreciate you guys

[@mamabearnath1609]

I love that you brought in an emotions wheel. 🎉

[@Akemi-love]

4:07 THANK YOU FOR THIS, It takes me half an hour just to recognize the feelings

[@marinakonstantinidou1369]

This video has incredible value and it is actually helpful👏👏👏

[@NFSMAN50]

Brain Rot is a real thing! Very good video Cole!! Hope you are well sir!!

[@cruzhammond6907]

This needs more views very high Quality

[@imberrysandy]

Thank you for this topic... Its hard for me to find motivation to do homework and found myself doom scrolling. I always beat myself up for falling into this trap, so I really like this topic.... thank you again

[@N8_2001]

I have made it to the end of the video. A little over a month ago I quit nicotine (was an addict for six years). Over the last two weeks I've went from drinking multiple cups of coffee and energy drinks every day to drinking only a cup of earl grey tea in the morning. On paper, I was sure by this point I'd feel way better and be this perfect person with no flaws, but obviously that was a ridiculous expectation and just quitting the things that you cope with is not enough to actualize yourself and your time. It's harder than I thought and I'm still so unsure of what I need to do so that everyday of my life doesn't feel like a waste. As I'm typing this out I'm realizing my attention span is so bad I am already forgetting the things you talked about in this video... fuck. I didn't realize until recently how much I've indulged in the evil pleasures of life and the consequences of those actions but when you wake up to it. It's a bit overwhelming.

[@phillipsmith7759]

So inspiring. Thank you Cole.!

[@ColeHastings]

Thanks for watching it

[@SISCOBRO]

Hey. This is good stuff. I'm grateful. I've been done with with the big guns like W. Hoff,R.Holiday, A. Hubermann and JB Peterson, actuality in this very chronological order of disappointment and frustration suffered but...your stuff is refreshingly productive. Keep it up young sir. 👏 Regards.Szilard

[@reddeadrene7552]

4:53 Dang Sly 2 did turn 20 years old. Time flies

[@ItsAryax]

i can't thankyou wnough cole, for such a good guide on how to fix this big problem it took me a lot of effort to watch this whole video bec of my cooked attention span, i even took breaks(without scrolling) but damn it was worth it at the end!

[@nerumikuteto]

i think a reason why i can't get through this is how everyone sees brainrot or scrolling as a sign of being lazy and miserable. as a teenage girl with a weak self esteem who gets easily hurt by other's opinions, it's really hard for me to take action when i'm constantly looked down on for struggling, even if i want to be better i've recently (a year) been hating myself for absolutely no reason at all, and i got used to it. so being hard on myself is something i have to do in order to not feel uncomfortable in general. it's extremely hard to explain all of this to my therapist, i'm trying to make it simple here

[@namitamekala7315]

I literally cannot express in words how immensely helpful your videos and community have been for my life Cole. Not only do I learn so much and look forward to them, but they are also a sense of comfort in dark times. Thanks for being such an inspiration for our generation 🤍

[@ColeHastings]

Genuinely means a ton to me to hear that. Thanks for all the love

[@Reverse_sweep63]

emotional breakdown--> but new video of cole is out. Suddenly everything looks positive.

[@Desilv]

keep this content up bro ! in this time awereness is much needed about this topics.

[@dvdv8197]

Never been this early to one of your videos! Great content. 👍👏

[@MesasYouTube]

Through grade 4-6 I skipped 30-50 days of school, I’m in grade 7 now. I’ve missed 2 days in the last two months. I’m doing better, But not as good as I want to be. I used to skip to play video games. Now I skip when sick. My brain is cured/curing.

[@Alaa-d6z]

Great video 👍🏼 so helpful

[@ColeHastings]

Thanks

[@joezupko]

I never wanna meditate but always feel good afterwards haha

[@tvoybro7139]

It is very hard to stop trying to escape your life, when you have perpetual anxiety because of lack of money on basic goods and because if you fail at university you will be sent to war. Very hard to stay stoic and work to improve your life when faced with overwhelming forces.

[@williamwong5981]

Definition of Irony: watching this video while procrastinating at work. Thanks, Cole, for the lessons!

[@emily-rivendell]

RuneScape AND Skyrim…?! Subscribed :)

[@impossibletm2618]

Dude, the last few min of this video made me tear up...

[@Joselito12977]

This is a good video bro!!

[@ColeHastings]

Thanks bro

[@sofiavelardez2441]

primer video q realmente me sirvió, muy bueno amigo👏

[@appleitree]

I really don't understand what's going on, I hate what Im feeling, but i still domt want to move on, I am suffering, I know I am overstimulated, but still no, I realised that I never pay attention to any viseo till the end nowadays, my life feels so fucked up. i feel like a failure in every part of my life. I do realise that I escape from life, I want to, because real life is so painful, and after I come home, I dont even have energy to stand up, I just fall on my bed. Is it just me? Or is it for everyone? I feel so lost when it comes my life, what am i gonna do?

[@ColeHastings]

Start with the first smallest step. The simplest thing you can do to build momentum. Become aware of the negative patterns and make the decision to break the routine. Then, breaking the routine will get easier. And easier. You'll start to see yourself differently. And you'll wonder how you ever managed to have the mindset you do today.

[@appleitree]

​@@ColeHastings Thank you so much for considering to give your time to reply to this comment. I was going to say, my rant was all stupid, but then I realised it was completely normal to feel like this, I don't have everything figured out, I say you're right, start small with the tri state area lol😂 thank you so much ❤

[@davidjjones-k9p]

Covid cooked us all 😔😔😔

[@ColeHastings]

Joever

[@joezupko]

There’s plenty of people that made it through covid fine, don’t let that be an excuse 😜

[@twixxtro]

covid was 4 years ago it's the rapid technological advancement that cooked us

[@aronjaeger]

🍲

[@FrancisAlbohn]

work at a school where I’m around gen alpha (and the younger gen Zers) a lot and know them well. Covid cooked them pretty good. The youth suffered the most long term side effects for sure. A few of them have hobbies (ex: playing music) outside of their phones, and those few are very self aware of their issues and some do attempt to rectify it in some ways. Gives me hope for the future.. However, some are truly just… the human embodiment of brain rot and it’s very sad. Can’t help but blame the parents though.

[@KeehlaSelai]

Great Video, Thanks!

[@mareli6256]

Just what i needed to watch

[@ColeHastings]

Cheers

[@Wolfimann22]

Really great video! In my opinion some really strong things said, not just for this topic, but for other stuff too. I have a question, what interview, or podcast that it is you have as a clip at 21:08 is it from? Would have been good to include your sources in such a video.

[@meghanc1383]

"Try to hear the brush of the sponge on the dishes" I hear you as I'm doing the dishes. Oops. 😳

[@garyhuntsr71698]

❤ not for the first time, but I confirmed that falling in love with myself is the only priority...🎉😂 morbid or not

[@WxYMusic]

"Let the task of staying focused on this video until the end, with no distractions, be your first mission." *30s KZbin ad starts playing*

[@ColeHastings]

😂

[@Axel-n8n2m]

While I may not be a victim of brain rot, I still struggle with my attention span and have a hard time motivating myself to get anything done. Thankfully, spending time with a close friend or just taking a walk outdoors has greatly improved my health. If there's ever a time when I'm stressed, I always make sure to stay refreshed.

[@h2woah127]

Not having a caffeine addiction helps

[@usocrazy]

Thanks for ur help

[@ColeHastings]

Thanks for taking the time to watch the vid 🙏

[@garymuller9771]

thank you for this video

[@Justr.icky_yt]

Andres Huberman has talked about that in his podcast, too. You can actively train your brain to do thinks you dont like by doing smaller things you dont like ( eg. Taking a cold shower) I found that really interesting. Thats also something I'd recommend, along with listening to his Podcast when you are looking for something 'intellectually stimulating' Thank you for this video, u might help a lot of people with this and have an impact✌️

[@AdnanDanipagieh-gl8hh]

"Kids, let's go to the village jungle tomorrow!! We will play a game, named 'the most dangerous game'! Be resilience!!"

[@michaelklostergaard9453]

great stuff

[@kirbylover37]

I'm also curious about your opinion on podcasts at all. They're basically designed to be on in the background. Do you think they have a place in a healthy person's life? While commuting maybe?

[@Keonggreen]

Nice to see you’re still reading The Middle Way bro

[@ColeHastings]

I read it every day at every hour

[@Keonggreen]

@@ColeHastingsyou’re staying true to yourself. Keep going 🔥

[@paulaschuhwagner8654]

Good vid❤

[@brentheymans1362]

Bro we had this shit as kids, y'all were just behind 😂😂

[@samantharinker3144]

My first thought was “that’s all good and well, but wouldn’t cutting out brain rot entirely put a lot of content creators out of a job?” But then I guess that depends on your definition of brain rot. Videogames/ video game playthroughs can still be enriching, music definitely is, even reaction/commentary channels have ground to stand on Its mostly just the nonsensical, loud, in your face content that we can be rid of

[@josippiplica5570]

Tysm you helped my bro

[@greenprincess]

ok actually watched the vid now, good vid, w vid, one of my fav vids, nice

[@jaywinged]

1:12 listening to this while doing the dishes rn 👁👄👁

[@KevinSkye1]

Me when I clicked on this video: Alright, let's see what this cat's talking about with brainrot, I'm sure it'll be cookie cutter stuff Me when the video ended and Cole said "Love you guys": Damn this guy's good. *Subscribed*

[@KevinSkye1]

When I realized I wasn't touching the scrollbar to see how much time the video had left and removed the chapters display, I knew this was a good video. Even had a restroom break in the middle of it and consciously told myself not to pull out my phone. But to admit my escapism, at my job there's a 90% downtime throughout the day and I'm sitting at a desk with dual monitors. The amount of times I've been crushed by brainrot through the days/months and even years is embarrasing. Recently I've noticed that I'd like to get into CS but I don't know too much about computers so as I'm reading and consuming Michael Meyers' learning content, I mentally fry out at an alarming speed because there's resistence to learning something new that I don't know too much about. There were even times where I wanted to hover my mouse over the bell icon just to see what new videos were up and I had to physically restrain myself from touching the mouse beccause I was very conscious of what my brain was trying to do. Same with discord notifs, so with that I'd like to say I enjoyed your video and I'll do my best to apply the things and methods I've learned in this video to my daily routine.

[@robinbanks1788]

Good video. Thank you Fortunately for my attention span but unfortunately for quite literally anything else, I am quite easily overwhelmed, and dont have the ability to divide my attention to multiple things. My head will hurt if there's too much going on. This means that longer calmer videos are eaiser for me to watch. So while i may be unable to drive a car safely due to not being able to pay attention to more than one thing, at least my attention span isnt as cooked as 99% of everyone else

[@pumpkinsnas]

I am immune to brain rot. I react to brain rot but I am not actually addicted to it.

[@spideygaming2001]

0:07 incorrect, it is not brainrot the series is brutal

[@jacktemperley7389]

Is it bad that I watched this in 2x speed😭

[@dodonodens8802]

Yes :( Please start having hobbies (no offense) 🫶

[@charles.2001]

For me I have been getting brain rot from KZbin because it's where I procrastinate. I watch longform content and shortform content sometimes. I keep procrastinating. I'm 23 and in college and as a result from the procrastination on KZbin my brain feels fried and I can't focus on my studies. I also don't know if it's from a flatline because recently I quit porn 49 days ago. I was also unable to focus on this video because I was doing something during the video. I was drawing instead of paying attention. I have trouble with these things to focus.

[@That_Omni_Guy]

Hey Charles - saw your comment and want to say I hope you're staying on track and sticking with things! Watching this content and keeping other addictions at bay is something heaps of people around this video are trying, so know you're not alone 🤝 All the best!

[@oneacri2955]

We're escaping brain rot with this one

[@trees3774]

Made it to the end

[@ColeHastings]

Real one

[@Autumn0Nicole]

Listening to this while cleaning 😅 oops

[@FizzyPumpkin47-r2g]

Commenting for algorithm

[@learninghowtolivetakesawholeli]

And that's why i never feel bad playing video games after work all night hahahaa farcry 4 lesss go

[@GeorgeMillerUSA]

What editing software do you use?

[@ColeHastings]

Premiere pro

[@denis2sivri428]

Hey Cole, what PC build do you have, brother?

[@ColeHastings]

Lian Li XL case Ryzen 9 7950x 64 GB RAM RTX 4090 1TB SSD

[@denis2sivri428]

@@ColeHastings Ty buddy

[@k_meowington]

Could you please add that circle with emotions as a attached file? half of the circle is barely readable

[@ColeHastings]

Just added it to the description

[@nicolasbolas2247]

Cole and Orange peanut crossover when?

[@amberkartini]

Try to escape from something, that something is called life 😅

[@ariunjargalamartuvshin]

The six way play football

[@mickeypie-m4t]

yay

[@krazyhoodies]

It's so annoying how you can't disable shorts on KZbin. I've searched everywhere.

[@Mr.Kingen]

turn off your search history

[@thedarkestowl4224]

I'm pretty sure there's a short out there for that. Keep looking you'll find it😂❤

[@doctordisco12]

And turn off recommendations, use browser add-ons like unhook and sponsor block and for mobile devices use the browser brave and in the settings you can turn it off

[@tesserae-c2y]

Revanced

[@qtt666]

The trick is to say not interested in every single short, after about 20 or 30 they won't show up in your feed anymore

[@elias_wizard4730]

LOL I was playing chess while was watching it on 1.5 speed :D

[@learninghowtolivetakesawholeli]

Or you know what here's what i think about this problem and how i solved it. We are one of the first generations in all of history to get this gift of technology. And for me to not use it is... I don't know wrong or not appropriate. Like it's a new thing that's amazing and i will have fun scrolling across my day. Like in the break in work or for a little bit while sitting in family gathering. And the solution i made for this is. That i will scroll only 5 shorts or 10. And i will count them. Like some of my feed make me laugh or inspired. And i know how to control my dose of the.. brain rot.

[@twixxtro]

why is the thumbnail a samsung with a Xiaomi camera and a apple logo?

[@ripvanwinkle3432]

I've never scrolled tiktok

[@hoursk]

Intermittent dopamine fasting is mandatory nowadays

[@paradise745]

Does brain rot include obsessively watching self-improvement videos 🤒

[@ColeHastings]

Yes

[@greenprincess]

W type vid, W, stay big, keep flexin, fuck walmart

[@dvdv8197]

I usually try to ignore shorts on youtube, actively pressing 'ignore' on them so they disappear from start screen (however, they always reappear, so you have to keep repeating that action from time to time, damn you YT! 😤😤), and I haven't used TikTok thus far. Pretty darn proud about it! 😁

[@ColeHastings]

Nicely done