Episode notes
You've done the amends work. You've started rewiring your brain. But there's one prison that keeps most people stuck: the temporal prison, the time loop that traps you between past shame and future anxiety, stealing all your power from the only moment that actually exists: right now.
Week 9 of the Unified Flux Model tackles addiction's core distortion: time itself. You're either chained to yesterday's mistakes ("if only I hadn't...") or drowning in tomorrow's fears ("what if I relapse?"). Meanwhile, the present moment - where all change happens - remains untouchable.
Mental Mike reveals why your brain is so good at dragging you away from now, how addiction physically creates this time loop, and the neuroscience-backed tools to finally break free.
You'll Discover:
- Two temporal traps: anchored in the pa ...Â