Interoception: Our Real-Life Superpower | Carrie DeJong | TEDxChilliwack

NOTE FROM TED: Please do not look to this talk for mental health advice. This talk represents the speaker’s personal views and understanding of the nervous system which are not yet supported by sufficient scientific evidence. Theories discussed in this talk remain an ongoing field of study. We’ve flagged this talk because it falls outside the content guidelines TED gives TEDx organizers. TEDx events are independently organized by volunteers. The guidelines we give TEDx organizers are described in more detail here: Interoception is one of our least-known senses. It provides our brain with important information from our body. This information is necessary for managing our bodily needs, but it is also vital to emotional processing, decision-making, rational thought, and good mental health. TEDxChilliwack 2022 was live streamed on April 9, 2022 from Cowork Chilliwack in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada. The theme of the event was “Clarity“. Learn more at . Carrie DeJong has over 20 years of clinical experience working in trauma treatment programs, residential addiction treatment and private practice. She focuses on bringing greater awareness of the impacts that trauma, stress and mental health challenges have on the use of mood-altering substances and behaviours as a way of coping. Her mission: to bring more science and more compassion to the field of addiction recovery. Her therapeutic approach is rooted in an understanding of how the human nervous system is wired. She is an avid learner of neurobiology and body-centred approaches to therapy. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at