Your Brain Sucks Sometimes: Especially When It's Still Running Brain Version 1.0

By Dr Tommy Swiney D O

Your brain hasn't updated in 200,000 years. Time to fix that.

You feel anxious about the future, weighed down by the past, and irritable in the present. You have tried to think your way out of depression, white-knuckle your way through anxiety, or simply push through mood instability, but nothing seems to stick. Here is the uncomfortable truth: your brain was built for a world that no longer exists, and that mismatch is making you miserable.

In Your Brain Sucks Sometimes, clinical psychiatrist Dr. Tommy Swiney draws on over 25 years of patient care and a bold multidisciplinary framework blending biology, anthropology, neurology, and psychology to explain why your mind struggles with modern life and, more importantly, what you can do about it. This is not another collection of vague affirmations. It is a practical, holistic strategy designed to help real people feel better and function better across every stage of life, from relationship conflicts and postpartum depression to substance use, empty nest syndrome, and beyond.

Inside you will discover:

- Why common psychiatric disorders like ADD, anxiety, and depression are "mismatch illnesses" rooted in our biology

- Proven techniques including exposure and response prevention, objective role playing, and behavioral management to replace reactive patterns with intentional responses

- Actionable steps for exercise, sleep, nutrition, gratitude, and building connection in a world your brain was never wired for

The lightbulb has to want to change. This book shows you how.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HD9LWFM9
• ISBN13: 9798318841484
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Palmetto Publishing
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"