Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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Research done for this video:
Article by Karen Simecek:
- psyche.co/ideas/your-life-is-not-a-story-why-narrative-thinking-holds-you-back
Books mentioned:
- Being and nothingness (Jean Paul Sartre)
- Tiny Experiments (Anne-Laure Le Cunff)

0:00 Your mind is lying…
0:45 The 2 minute summary of this video
2:50 What we’ll cover
3:36 (1) Why your brain creates stories in the first place
9:15 (2) The real trouble with telling yourself stories
17:47 (3) The 3 most common scripts we all follow
27:40 (4) How to drop your scripts (self-anthropology)
37:18 (5) Choosing to live a narrative free life
45:03 Summary & outro rizz