In the last blog, we discussed the Redefinition of Stress, today part 2: Inoculate Yourself. How the body and brain respond to stress depends on many factors, not the least of which is your genetic background and personal experience. Today there is an ever-widening gap between the evolution of our biology and our society. We …
Redefining stress Our bodies are well equipped to handle stress in small doses, but it can seriously affect your body when that stress becomes long-term or chronic.With sudden onset stress, the muscles tense up all at once and release their tension when the stress passes. Chronic stress causes the muscles in the body to be …
Intro I described the relationship between stress arousal and performance in my previous blog, graphically represented via the Yerkes-Dodson Curve. The optimal performance, conscious learning, and effective decision-making are most likely to occur at moderate stress levels. With this in mind, our neurobiological window of tolerance to stress arousal is how we can adjust our …
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5 Reasons Why You Are Always Tired And What To Do About ItIt’s 10 am, and I’m already yawning. How can I be tired already? The day is just starting to begin.Being honest with myself being tired has been my normal state of existence.I get decent sleep, around 8 hours, exercise a few times per …