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== Key Claims ==
 
== Key Claims ==
 
*The brain is the organ most responsive to behavior.  
 
*The brain is the organ most responsive to behavior.  
*Anxiety is caused by consistently avoiding a trigger.  
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*[[Anxiety is caused by consistently avoiding a trigger.]]
 
** Avoidance trains your amygdala to label things as threats.  
 
** Avoidance trains your amygdala to label things as threats.  
** The amygdala detects threat labels.  
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** [[The amygdala detects threat labels.]]
 
** The amygdala sounds the alarm upon detection.  
 
** The amygdala sounds the alarm upon detection.  
 
** The amygdala watches your response.  
 
** The amygdala watches your response.  
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*Anxiety disorders all involve having a phobia of anxiety or a component of the threat response.  
 
*Anxiety disorders all involve having a phobia of anxiety or a component of the threat response.  
 
*Adrenaline is the ideal stimulant for the brain.  
 
*Adrenaline is the ideal stimulant for the brain.  
*Adrenaline increases IQ, fluency of speech, connections to others, executive function.  
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*[[Adrenaline increases IQ, fluency of speech, connections to others, executive function.]]
*The Yerkes-Dodson curve shows the relationship between abilities and arousal.  
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*[[The Yerkes-Dodson curve shows the relationship between abilities and arousal.]]
 
** Arousal here refers to the amount of adrenaline present.  
 
** Arousal here refers to the amount of adrenaline present.  
 
** Abilities refers to the performance of the task.  
 
** Abilities refers to the performance of the task.  
 
*There are actually two curves, one showing high performance with high adrenaline, and one showing low performance with high adrenaline.  
 
*There are actually two curves, one showing high performance with high adrenaline, and one showing low performance with high adrenaline.  
*Yerkes-Dodson originally posited that the high curve is for easy tasks and the low curve for difficult tasks.  
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*Yerkes-Dodson originally posited that the high curve is for easy tasks and the low curve for difficult tasks.
 
*Adrenaline is essential for flow.  
 
*Adrenaline is essential for flow.  
**Adrenaline can be experienced in high performance states, low performance states, and paralysis/freeze reaction.  
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**[[Adrenaline can be experienced in high performance states, low performance states, and paralysis/freeze reaction.]]
**The appraisal you make of your adrenaline determines its function, for high performance or fight-or-flight response.
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**[[The appraisal you make of your adrenaline determines its function, for high performance or fight-or-flight response.]]
 
*Anxiety is simply adrenaline with a negative appraisal.  
 
*Anxiety is simply adrenaline with a negative appraisal.  
 
*Excitement is adrenaline with a positive appraisal.  
 
*Excitement is adrenaline with a positive appraisal.  
 
*Beliefs about adrenaline are self-fulfilling prophecies (like all self-concepts).
 
*Beliefs about adrenaline are self-fulfilling prophecies (like all self-concepts).
*Reframing flips you from low to high performance.
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*[[Reframing flips you from low to high performance.]]
  
 
== Other Claims ==
 
== Other Claims ==
 
*Emotions are best processed when felt in the chest.  
 
*Emotions are best processed when felt in the chest.  
 
*Feeling an emotion or urge sends a “message received” signal through the same vagus nerve back to your amygdala.
 
*Feeling an emotion or urge sends a “message received” signal through the same vagus nerve back to your amygdala.

Latest revision as of 11:21, 2 December 2020

Key Claims

Other Claims

  • Emotions are best processed when felt in the chest.
  • Feeling an emotion or urge sends a “message received” signal through the same vagus nerve back to your amygdala.