You’re not alone in this. I know how isolating it feels when your world is falling apart. After we lost our son, someone handed Lisa and me Psalm 34:18: “The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.” That single sentence interrupted the automated story my brain was writing: “You’re abandoned. This will break you.” Here’s the neuroscience: When grief or trauma hits, your brain’s threat networks fire first and loudest. The amygdala and default mode network start looping isolation and despair as if they are facts. But when you deliberately place a true, hope-filled word in front of your mind, you recruit the prefrontal cortex to run a different operation. You create a new neural pathway. Over time, that pathway gets stronger through neuroplasticity. The feeling of aloneness loses its automatic grip. You are not stuck with the brain’s first draft. You can perform surgery on it. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted. And you were built to get stronger on the other side of hard things. Follow me for daily neuroscience and scripture connections to transform you. Share with a friend who needs to know they’re not alone, and save this for when you need a reminder too. Click the link in my bio to learn more about self-brain surgery. #selfbrainsurgery