Dr. Elissa Epel
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first heard Nov 2024
last heard 23 Jun
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And is that true?
What are alternative stories?
What is the likely outcome here?
What is the worst outcome?
Just that inquiry, just that curiosity is going to deflate
our ability to catastrophize and exaggerate.
And so just stepping back and like you said, asking ourselves to take a realistic assessment of the situation is very powerful.
But Rangan, do you have any examples of when you had this realization that things were actually much more neutral than you were seeing
what was like a situation that you were able to reframe or what we say with our jargon, cognitively reappraise?
Yes, exactly as you've described.
It's really quite phenomenal.
And
This story we tell ourselves directly determines our physiological response.
If we are telling ourselves that we've got this under control,
this is something that we will survive regardless of how it turns out, that we have what it takes, that people have our back, we have the resources we need.
Any one of these positive or empowering statements
will tilt us toward a positive challenge response.
We will feel hopeful, excited, enthusiastic, empowered, and more confident.
And that means that we are going to be having a more oxygenated response, high cardiac output,
high oxygen to our brain, better problem solving, more positive emotion.
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