{"id":11402,"date":"2026-05-27T18:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T18:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dreugenelipov.com\/?page_id=11402"},"modified":"2026-05-28T15:30:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:30:27","slug":"brain-on-fire","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dreugenelipov.com\/es\/brain-on-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Cerebro en llamas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"11402\" class=\"elementor elementor-11402\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19c4dca2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"19c4dca2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cb3ef23 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4cb3ef23\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e2c0667 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1e2c0667\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77920dd elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"77920dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Your Brain Is Being Quietly Rewired.<\/br> And Your Phone Is Doing It.<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f1673cb elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f1673cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After 20 years treating trauma, I began seeing the same neurological signatures in patients who had never experienced a single traumatic event. Their only exposure was a screen.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5117cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d5117cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\u2014 Eugene Lipov, MD<br \/>Board-Certified Anesthesiologist | Pain Physician | Pioneer of the Stellate Ganglion Block<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-718e449 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"718e449\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b79fd6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7b79fd6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0GXFQGDHT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">ORDER THE BOOK \u2014 AMAZON<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-140f04e elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"140f04e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#contact\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">GET THE FIRST CHAPTER FREE<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b58422b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5b58422b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-280bae03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"280bae03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=92Tg23NbmB4&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;mute&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;play_on_mobile&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1abef05e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1abef05e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd77969 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dd77969\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2415ae2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2415ae2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What The Science Is Showing\n<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86b22f7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"86b22f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Brain Rot Is Not a Meme. It Is Showing Up on MRI Scans.\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d4722ef elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d4722ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><strong>Oxford University Press named &#8220;brain rot&#8221; Word of the Year<\/strong> in 2024. Most people laughed. I didn&#8217;t.<\/p><p>Because what I was seeing in my clinic \u2014 and what is now appearing in peer-reviewed research \u2014 is not funny. It is a measurable, biological event happening at a population scale.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-245f2062 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"245f2062\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-579f23ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"579f23ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>People with the highest smartphone use are showing:<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6326e991 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6326e991\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78faf643 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"78faf643\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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12.8-21.1 21-32h219.4c8.3 10.9 15.4 21.6 21.2 32H92.9z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAccelerated Biological Aging\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEmerging epigenetic data suggests chronic digital stress may age the brain faster than chronological age predicts\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a2ad8c text-width elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a2ad8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis is not alarmism. These are findings from published, peer-reviewed research. Every claim in this book is referenced. You can verify every word.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d29976f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1d29976f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"the-book\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5188fa31 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5188fa31\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45b03914 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"45b03914\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41d467a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"41d467a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Book\n<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-523722b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"523722b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dumb Is Smarter The Brain Rot Epidemic and How to Escape It\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51856b9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"51856b9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This is not a digital detox book.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1af17570 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1af17570\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Most books in this space tell you to put your phone down.\u00a0<em>Dumb Is Smarter<\/em>\u00a0tells you what happens in your brain when you don&#8217;t \u2014 and builds the scientific case for why the solution is not willpower. It is understanding.<\/p><p>Drawing on two decades of clinical experience treating trauma, cutting-edge neuroscience, epigenetic aging research, and the emerging global movement of people reclaiming their attention, Dr. Lipov maps the crisis from the inside out.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5320ec18 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5320ec18\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-166b4f8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"166b4f8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What you will understand after reading this book:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cf08ba0 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"5cf08ba0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-far-check-square\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M400 32H48C21.49 32 0 53.49 0 80v352c0 26.51 21.49 48 48 48h352c26.51 0 48-21.49 48-48V80c0-26.51-21.49-48-48-48zm0 400H48V80h352v352zm-35.864-241.724L191.547 361.48c-4.705 4.667-12.303 4.637-16.97-.068l-90.781-91.516c-4.667-4.705-4.637-12.303.069-16.971l22.719-22.536c4.705-4.667 12.303-4.637 16.97.069l59.792 60.277 141.352-140.216c4.705-4.667 12.303-4.637 16.97.068l22.536 22.718c4.667 4.706 4.637 12.304-.068 16.971z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">The specific mechanism by which poor sleep caused by screen exposure triggers inflammation that damages the cardiovascular system and accelerates cognitive decline<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-far-check-square\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M400 32H48C21.49 32 0 53.49 0 80v352c0 26.51 21.49 48 48 48h352c26.51 0 48-21.49 48-48V80c0-26.51-21.49-48-48-48zm0 400H48V80h352v352zm-35.864-241.724L191.547 361.48c-4.705 4.667-12.303 4.637-16.97-.068l-90.781-91.516c-4.667-4.705-4.637-12.303.069-16.971l22.719-22.536c4.705-4.667 12.303-4.637 16.97.069l59.792 60.277 141.352-140.216c4.705-4.667 12.303-4.637 16.97.068l22.536 22.718c4.667 4.706 4.637 12.304-.068 16.971z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Why Generation Z is the first generation to actively try to escape a technology it grew up with \u2014 and what their instincts are telling us<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-far-check-square\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M400 32H48C21.49 32 0 53.49 0 80v352c0 26.51 21.49 48 48 48h352c26.51 0 48-21.49 48-48V80c0-26.51-21.49-48-48-48zm0 400H48V80h352v352zm-35.864-241.724L191.547 361.48c-4.705 4.667-12.303 4.637-16.97-.068l-90.781-91.516c-4.667-4.705-4.637-12.303.069-16.971l22.719-22.536c4.705-4.667 12.303-4.637 16.97.069l59.792 60.277 141.352-140.216c4.705-4.667 12.303-4.637 16.97.068l22.536 22.718c4.667 4.706 4.637 12.304-.068 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Feinberg School of Medicine and advanced anesthesiology training at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Rush University Medical Center.<\/p><p>A board-certified anesthesiologist and interventional pain specialist with more than 28 years of clinical experience, he is Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of The Stella Center and founder of Erase PTSD Now. In 2003 he treated his first patient with the stellate ganglion block for menopausal hot flashes \u2014 a breast cancer survivor with no other options \u2014 and in 2007 pioneered its use for post-traumatic stress disorder, testifying before the U.S. House Committee on Veterans&#8217; Affairs in 2010.<\/p><p>His research has been published in Lancet Oncology, Biological Psychiatry, Military Medicine, The Lancet, and Neuropsychopharmacology. He is recognised by the Pain Physician Journal as the world&#8217;s leading authority on stellate ganglion block research.<\/p><p>He is the author of The Invisible Machine (2023) and The God Shot: Healing Trauma&#8217;s Legacy (Post Hill Press \/ Simon &amp; Schuster, February 2026). 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