Brandon Jones

If we want to throw that in there, there's some anxiousness in these spaces and places as well. A lot of kids end up being hypervigilant. A lot of kids end up being sensory sensitive, which means that, you know, certain things kind of can agitate them or rev them up. So guess what happens when those kids are taken out of those environments?

If we want to throw that in there, there's some anxiousness in these spaces and places as well. A lot of kids end up being hypervigilant. A lot of kids end up being sensory sensitive, which means that, you know, certain things kind of can agitate them or rev them up. So guess what happens when those kids are taken out of those environments?

They go to a library, a museum, a zoo, sometimes even school. They sometimes have issues adjusting to those things. And then we start to see behavioral issues rev up because those kids are being dysregulated because their stimuli isn't where it needs to be. I was one of those kids. I grew up in a very toxic, stressed household. I've seen a lot of domestic violence as a kid.

They go to a library, a museum, a zoo, sometimes even school. They sometimes have issues adjusting to those things. And then we start to see behavioral issues rev up because those kids are being dysregulated because their stimuli isn't where it needs to be. I was one of those kids. I grew up in a very toxic, stressed household. I've seen a lot of domestic violence as a kid.

It's no secret for folks who are familiar with me. They know I've talked about this publicly several times. And I learned that I had to leave and learn this into late into my into my I mean, not late, early into my early 30s, how my body is so regulated to stimuli. In my early 30s, I had a very interesting situation happen. I moved to the suburbs. I moved to the suburbs.

It's no secret for folks who are familiar with me. They know I've talked about this publicly several times. And I learned that I had to leave and learn this into late into my into my I mean, not late, early into my early 30s, how my body is so regulated to stimuli. In my early 30s, I had a very interesting situation happen. I moved to the suburbs. I moved to the suburbs.

And I'll never forget my first night in our new townhome. I had anxiety through the roof. I couldn't sleep. It was pitch black. All I heard was like crickets outside. I didn't hear no noise, no nothing. I'm a city kid. I'm used to hearing buses and trains, people and music. And I had anxiety just because I was in a quiet environment, like pitch black.

And I'll never forget my first night in our new townhome. I had anxiety through the roof. I couldn't sleep. It was pitch black. All I heard was like crickets outside. I didn't hear no noise, no nothing. I'm a city kid. I'm used to hearing buses and trains, people and music. And I had anxiety just because I was in a quiet environment, like pitch black.

I'd never been in a situation where there was no lights outside. I look out the window and I just see darkness. It took my body probably about a month to adjust to that new environment.

I'd never been in a situation where there was no lights outside. I look out the window and I just see darkness. It took my body probably about a month to adjust to that new environment.

and i and i had to think about man what was going on with me like what was happening and it's like that was probably the first time i've been in an environment that was that quiet and that's not every suburb that's just you know the location that i was in but i have my body doesn't my body's not used to that even when i went to college I was in I was at the University of Minnesota.

and i and i had to think about man what was going on with me like what was happening and it's like that was probably the first time i've been in an environment that was that quiet and that's not every suburb that's just you know the location that i was in but i have my body doesn't my body's not used to that even when i went to college I was in I was at the University of Minnesota.

It's hustle and bustle up and down all day, every day there. So I was always in these high stimuli environments that at that time I never was in. But that comes from my childhood. You know, I had to be hyper vigilant as a child because at any given moment, an argument can break out. A fight can happen. And I and I was the oldest. I had to be responsible not only for my own protection sometimes.

It's hustle and bustle up and down all day, every day there. So I was always in these high stimuli environments that at that time I never was in. But that comes from my childhood. You know, I had to be hyper vigilant as a child because at any given moment, an argument can break out. A fight can happen. And I and I was the oldest. I had to be responsible not only for my own protection sometimes.

but also my younger siblings. And that was just, you know, the role that I assumed as a child. So that, so a lot of that stays with us and we develop certain coping skills and survival skills really around some of the stimuli that happens in our environments.

but also my younger siblings. And that was just, you know, the role that I assumed as a child. So that, so a lot of that stays with us and we develop certain coping skills and survival skills really around some of the stimuli that happens in our environments.

Yeah. When it comes to stress, There's two core, again, I'm a little biased with the research, but two things that I focus on when it comes to physiological. The first one is cortisol levels. Cortisol is your main stress hormone. There's other ones, but that's the key one because if you manage your cortisol levels, it can have certain impacts on your actual physical and your mental health.

Yeah. When it comes to stress, There's two core, again, I'm a little biased with the research, but two things that I focus on when it comes to physiological. The first one is cortisol levels. Cortisol is your main stress hormone. There's other ones, but that's the key one because if you manage your cortisol levels, it can have certain impacts on your actual physical and your mental health.

So some people who have high levels of cortisol, they may be more prone to heart disease, things like obesity, things of that nature. So that's one area, and I'm going to come back to that one. The second one is what we call your synaptic brain development, your synaptic connections.

So some people who have high levels of cortisol, they may be more prone to heart disease, things like obesity, things of that nature. So that's one area, and I'm going to come back to that one. The second one is what we call your synaptic brain development, your synaptic connections.