Welcome aboard the hypnotic Titanic! This is the Brain Software Podcast with Chris Thompson and Mike Mandel! Today it's all about dealing with stress...
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Introduction for Episode 178
Warning...this episode might stress you out...but that's not our intention.
So anyway...
Whatever happened to that old tranquility we used to know?
Stress or eustress...
THESE ARE DAYS OF VICTORY!
And remember: We are not witches!
Think Tank Words for This Episode
- ARMOUR
- COLISEUM
- DOUGH
Show Notes for Episode 178
- Stress is that which causes us to adapt...
- Eustress is a beneficial stress, like doing a workout!
- Stress occurs when available resources are insufficient for the task at hand...
- Unmet emotional needs cause stress too! Lockdown causes stress...
- Everyone has a need for security; to feel safe...
- Uncertainty stops life from being boring! Too much is bad though...
- Volition is your ability to act in an autonomous fashion...We don't want it taken away...
- No emotional connexion with others leads to bad stress...
- Zoom helps us maintain some degree of connexion with others...
- A pair of Air Pods Max reduces Mike's stress!
- Downtime and flow-states are another need...
- Flow-states are good for our brains!
- We all need a sense of significance and that we matter...
- A sense of achievement and meaningful work is important!
- Chris fixed a lot of loose threads and feels better now!
- It's important to reign in things that need to be done to get back in control...
- Even too many books on the go can stress you out!
- Stress creates cortisol production, elevated heart rate, hypertension, anxiety, over-eating, etc.
- A massive adrenaline release creates the fight, flight, freeze response!
- Trickling adrenaline and cortisol is the rust that will wear you out...
- Financial stress causes horrendous stress, including insomnia...
- Digestive complaints can come from stress too...
- Stress causes jumpiness too!
- Stress causes horrible irritability!
- There are physiological and mental methods to alleviate stress...
- If you affect your emotions it affects your body and affects your emotions!
- Seven Eleven breathing will help you deal with stress...
- Changing breathing changes everything!
- Exercise will also reduce stress...
- Your brain can produce all sorts of amazing chemicals that are legal...
- Tense and release will help you relax!
- Laughing on purpose is amazing! Don't do it in public though...
- We're not saying that you can cure cancer by laughing enough...
- If you're limited in some way, focus on your freedoms, not your limitations!
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- The Two Screen Method of hypnotic change comes from Dr Stanley Fisher...
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Empowering Question: Ask yourself, how much stress am i under right now...and what will I do today...and continue to do...to eliminate its negative effect...on my physical and mental health?
Metafive: Going copping
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Ending: The bell
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