180. Beat Anxiety, Addiction, and Stress—How VR is Changing Mental Health with Daniel Andreev

Here's my interview with Daniel Andreev, CPO from PsyTech VR. He tells the story about how his company got started and how virtual reality is being used to treat various forms of mental health disorders from OCD, PTSD, to phobias of all sorts. Andreev covers lots of cool ways VR can help people work through mental health issues. Here are the big ideas: VR takes fear-facing to the next level - it's safer and feels more realistic than imagination. This works much better to treat phobias, anxiety, OCD and more. VR boosts EMDR trauma therapy through perfectly-timed sensory cues tuned to each patient. Custom relaxing VR worlds help trauma patients feel peaceful when they struggle to picture calming places. Therapists can precisely control VR scenarios to optimize treatment intensity. And I talked about the bigger applications for training our imagination for our individual health and fitness journeys. Connect with Daniel's company here: https://www.psytechvr.com/ =============== Please connect with me on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/natesleger/ Get your copy of 5 Ways to Stop Wrecking Weight Loss for FREE by clicking HERE. Join my Facebook group for daily workouts and nutrition: https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthierinsiders/ Ready to get serious about your health and fitness? Sign up for coaching with me here: https://www.beginwithin.fit/coaching⁠