Noah

For the past six months I have been on a journey to cure my ADHD, depression, and anxiety. For a very long time I was mostly unconscious of these problems and managed to suppress them; only recently have I become very aware of them and the radical impact they have on my life. These issues have been crippling on both a day to day basis, and in the bigger picture of pursuing my life purpose/other self-actualization work. I did quite a bit of research about how to cure these issues after I read a forum post Leo responded to, in which he talked about how ADHD can have it’s root in physical imbalances - diet, heavy metal toxicity, hormonal imbalance, nutritional deficiency, etc. I am currently working with a functional medicine (naturopath) doctor to resolve any imbalances I have there and optimize my health. I'm making progress in this area, but I think it's just one part of a full solution. In that post Leo also mentioned neurofeedback as a very effective tool, so I went about researching it and learning all I could. I read the book on the booklist, read a ton of articles, watched videos, podcasts, etc. I found a practitioner very close to me and started talking with him, but I soon realized that it was very expensive - treatment usually took 20-40 sessions, and each session was $100, plus the $1000 cost of the QEEG brain map. Then I read that Leo had his own EEG machine (in the $3000 range), which interested me because that would be cheaper than going through 30 or 40 sessions+QEEG with a practitioner, and I could use it for life (for peak performance + alpha training protocols)! I ended up researching different companies that offered neurofeedback machines in this price range and came across this company: https://brain-trainer.com They offer complete packages with all the hardware and software one would need for either HEG (training just the prefrontal cortex), EEG (whole brain) or both, and also include a few hours of mentoring to help customers map their brain, and learn/get started with EEG. They have a pretty interesting version of the brain map called the TQ7, which seems to be superior to the normal QEEG because it doesn’t work to train the client’s brain to minimize deviations from the average brain, but instead trains the client to what they call the “peak brain.” Here’s the explanation of how it works if anyone’s interested: https://brain-trainer.com/about/trainers-q/ https://brain-trainer.com/answers/getting-started/tlc-vs-methods/ (this explains how the TQ is superior to other methods like QEEG, NeurOptimal, Z-Score, LORETA, and more) I am considering purchasing one of their packages (linked below) as it would actually be cheaper than going to a neurofeedback clinic in the long run. EEG Package HEG Package Combo Package Here are the testimonials (obviously to be taken with a grain of salt as they are posted by the company, but still good to hear) This is the only review I could find of this product that wasn’t on the testimonials page - it's hard to find reviews of any neurofeedback system. My question for @Leo Gura is - What specific neurofeedback hardware/software do you use? Have you heard about this company? If you bought your hardware/software from them, what has your experience been like? Do you recommend a different company? Also, have you used HEG neurofeedback in addition to EEG? I am really interested to hear your thoughts (or anyone else if they have experience with neurofeedback home training!) I am very persistent to resolve my ADHD, depression, and anxiety, as currently they are my main obstacles. - Noah

@Commodent Thanks. @SunnyNewDay Absolutely. Search "Andrew Hill Neurofeedback" on youtube and listen to one of the podcasts/interviews, that would be a good starting off point in researching this technology.

@NoSelfSelf A Symphony in the Brain by Jim Robbins. I listened to the audiobook, it's fantastic. If you just want a quick overview though, there are some great articles/videos online

@Johnny Thanks, I'll have to look into that!

@d0ornokey It's extremely up and down. Somedays I can be feeling extraordinarily depressed and anxious - I can't function at all. However on the days I do feel better it's when I'm working on my life purpose - illustration. I seem to cycle in and out of these periods. It's very unpredictable, which makes it all the worse. Sleep is definitely very important, but I feel it hasn't been an enormous issue for me - I usually get 7-8 hours a night; I will start experimenting with more. I believe childhood trauma does play a large effect, although I'm not sure to what extent yet - I'm just starting to explore this. Do you recommend any resources to learn more about that? I read some of your posts on neurofeedback and OCD a little while back, it sounded like it helped you in a big way. How are things going now?

Hi, I would really appreciate some advice on this issue. I'm pretty sure I have my life purpose figured out. I love to make art, specifically graphic novels and also I love to paint, and I want to hopefully raise people's consciousness through these art forms. I've worked extremely hard at it for the past 3 or 4 years. I know this is what I want to do (Although I am only a senior in high school so that could change). I'll also be attending art college next year. I have been considering buying Leo's LP Course, but I'm not sure if I need it. I feel like there is something I am missing about life purpose, and I'm not sure what it is. I would appreciate any insight on this topic, as the course is expensive. But I am completely willing to pay for it and go through it if necessary. I also want to know if I shouldn't take it so then I can instead invest that time into other areas of personal development such as reading books and consciousness work. Thank you!

Hi everyone, I recently came to the realization that I have low self worth. This realization was pretty shocking to me because I'm a very productive and driven person, and I never really thought about self worth. But after this realization so much made sense, but it also depressed me for a bit, and still does to an extent (it's pretty recent). I think many factors have led to this low self worth, one major factor being my stutter, which I've had my entire life (I'm 17 years old). I started to read Psycho-Cybernetics (from Leo's book list) which I'm hoping will help, as it deals a lot with self image and changing subconscious beliefs. Does anyone have any tips for how to deal with this? I would really appreciate any insights, or just hearing another person's story. Thank you. - Noah

Hi, I'm 17 years old and I discovered personal development through Leo's youtube channel about a year and a half ago, but have mostly recently started to take action and implement some of the techniques I've learned about. I started a 20 minute meditation habit on September 4 and have been doing it ever since, sometimes in the morning and sometimes at night. I was motivated to finally put this practice into place because of something Leo has said multiple times: "Meditation is the single most important personal development habit you can put into place." It has been a slow process, and I've struggled quite a bit but I plan to do it for the rest of my life, every single day. I have also started to journal more often. I know that I am just at the beginning, and I know how lucky am I to have discovered this stuff. And now I know more than ever that this is definitely the most important thing I can do in my life, and that the rest of my life should be heavily focused on self actualization. But here's the thing, I am also a passionate artist and musician, and a student in high school, soon to be going to art college in the fall of 2018. I love making art, especially telling stories through art (graphic novel/comic books). Much of my time is spent studying art, and I'm pretty sure I want to be an artist. See, recently I’ve been feeling overwhelmed with personal development. As I research and learn more about personal development, and watch more of Leo’s backlog of videos (and the ones he releases weekly), the more I want to do with it, and I feel like there’s so much I need to be doing. I mean right now I’m really only doing meditation, journaling, taking notes on a few of Leo’s videos, slowly trying to master my emotions, and also learning to lucid dream. I know there is so much I should be doing, like reading books, self inquiry, affirmations, visualization, getting diet together, watching and implementing techniques that Leo talks about (ex. Most recent video about existential vocab) and most of all just learning and educating myself about psychology, philosophy, life and the universe. I know I have lots of time, but I also have been feeling overwhelmed - Because I want to be doing all this stuff, but also be hard at work studying and mastering art and turn that into a career. And I'ms stuck in this thing where when I'm doing art I'm thinking about how I should be working on self-actualization, but when I'm actually doing that stuff, I feel like I should be doing art. So I don’t know to find the balance I’m looking for. Thanks for reading this, and I would greatly appreciate any thoughts on this matter, or if anybody else is feeling the same way!

@HII Thank you very much for the response! I sincerely appreciate it, and definitely agree.

@Nahm @haai14 @RossE @Leo Gura thank you all for the replies, I really do appreciate it. They helped me be more at ease with myself around this subject:)

Hi everyone, I'm Noah. Ok let's get straight to the point; I have been trying to do affirmations every night, as it's been shown to help in terms of personal development. But I am a bit confused on how to actually make these work. For example, in Leo's video about affirmations, he talks about repeating only one for 5 straight minutes, however when I do other research, some people have a list of 10 that they repeat daily. Which is correct? Should I only have one and repeat that over and over for 5 minutes or should I have a few that I spend 5 minutes on each? Or repeat a set of 10 a few times? I don't know which is the right approach/which one actually has an effect on the subconscious. I'm setting aside roughly 5-10 minutes each night for this. Would really appreciate any insight on this subject! Thanks:)

Hey everyone, I'm Noah, and this is my first time posting on this forum. I'm not a good writer and I'll keep this as short as possible, as I don't want to waste your time. So I am in my 3rd (junior) year or high school, I just turned 17 last week. About one year ago I started to find videos online about personal development, spiritual growth, and related topics (which is how I ended up finding Leo’s videos more recently). This stuff blew my world open, my entire perspective on life changed and opened up, and I started to realize how much I don’t know and how unaware I was. I felt an incredibly intense sense of excitement for a while, but I lost that. I feel like I let high school drag me down (completely my fault), but at the same time, I feel like I’ve grown more than I ever have before. However I’m living in fear; recently I came to a realization as to what my greatest fear is: the butterfly effect. I am fairly aware of every action I take, but to an extent that I don’t think is healthy. I’m constantly thinking and analyzing every tiny action I take and how it could have a profound effect on my future. The main reason I'm posting here is because I have been going through this really weird phase lately, and I’m very lost and confused, for lack of better words. Being a teenager, I naturally have mood swings, but I think what I have is different. In the course of a normal day, I would say I switch my entire attitude roughly 4-5 times times, and it’s not just slight shifts in how I’m feeling, it’s going from feeling a sense of serenity, humbleness, motivation, inspiration and excitement one minute, and the next (literally) I have a sinking feeling of depression, severe uncomfortableness anxiety, fear, and loneliness. I feel like this state of flux has been draining me of energy, leaving a void that I don't know how to fix. This has really been messing me up, and I would really appreciate if some of you would give your thoughts as to what could be going on, or maybe you can even relate to my experience and share yours. Thanks for reading:) and sorry if my thoughts are jumbled