This is my spoken English practice episode, in which I am paraphrasing the content that I have been shadowing in the past ten days from an eposiode entitled 'how to overcome FOMO,' made by NPR's Life Kit podcast.

FOMO

• basic concept
• an illustration of FOMO
• kinds of FOMO

• Mechanism

  • historical origin: ancient human

    • life and death

      • Physiological cause

    • Amygdala: a part of the brain that processes the emotion of fear

• Psychological phenomena

  • Comparison
  • Anxiety
  • Fear of missing out

• FOMO in parenting

  • children and parents
  • education
  • manner

• Good side of FOMO overcoming bad effect of FOMO

  • aiming at happiness
  • the goal in life

• Overcome bad effect of FOMO

  • focus on present
  • feel your emotions
  • slow down