parties, and public speaking. As with emotional stressors, social stressors are very individualized (you may love speaking in public, while your colleague shakes in his boots at the mere suggestion).
pumping your body full of adrenaline to prepare it to survive what your body perceives to be a life-threatening event. Many people cite a traumatic incident in their lives as the precursor to when their Hashimoto’
It is possible to lose 20 lbs. of bodyfat in 30 days by optimizing any of three factors: exercise, diet, or drug/supplement regimen. I’ve seen the elite implementation of all three in working with professional athletes. In this post, we’ll explore what I refer to as...
This fills up our lungs and loads our blood with oxygen so we have the energy to fight.It is possible our nostrils flare before a fight to take in more of the opponent’s smell, as some experts think we can subconsciously smell adrenaline and pheromones. Before a fight, it is good to...
it had eviction written all over it.The group had no real CEO. But young wannabe stuntman David Leitch certainly was a key board member back then in the early 1990s. Leitch was a 24-year-old dreamer from Wisconsin who came to Hollywood hoping to be a stuntman or an actor or a ...
When we perceive our initial (unpleasant but harmless) physical sensations of anxiety as a reason for concern, our apprehension triggers adrenaline to release into the bloodstream. This causes our anxiety to cascade further, which typically begets morecatastrophizingand self-criticism. A vicious cycle...
And while I learned some facts about my ‘date’ – which the writer in me wants to talk about, but the human in me wants to conceal, she might like her privacy – I didn’t ever really meet her last night. She was in another state – high on adrenaline, cozying with one or anot...
If my dog becomes agitated during a walk, I try to end the outing as soon as possible. Once in this mode, his adrenaline levels will be high for a fair duration, and he will likely react aggressively to all the dogs that we meet. In this state, he will no longer be capable of le...
It’s a detail that easily gets lost when you’re on adrenaline-overdrive and your first impulse is to just pull the trigger when you see brown.If you don’t focus on that detail, you will make a bad shot, which, at best, means you miss, and, at worst, means you maim the deer...
However, if you’re used to being hyper-caffeinated, “normal” adrenaline levels will leave you feeling tired. Why do I feel sick after drinking coffee? Coffee is highly acidic, so if you drink coffee on an empty stomach and experience nausea, consider combining it with food to avoid hyper...