Dr. Elissa Epel
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631 appearances
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first heard Nov 2024
last heard 23 Jun
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Wendy Mendez is the researcher who's studied this the most in a granular way.
If we are feeling these catastrophic thoughts,
that lead us to mount more of that survival response, we are having the opposite happen.
And yes, our blood pressure is going up, but it's going up through the vasoconstriction.
We're having less oxygenation.
Our perception is literally changing.
Our attention is narrowed.
toward threat, we're seeing threat more, and we're not able to problem solve and bring the higher powers of our intellect to bear on the problem.
And so it changes how we think.
It changes our hemodynamics.
It changes our neuroendocrine response.
The threat response is characterized by that quicker response
that's energizing and the faster recovery.
The threat response is characterized by a greater cortisol response, that sluggish recovery, and more inflammation.
And so think about that.
Every day, if we're triggering more of that threat response, that is going to turn into chronic stress and have more of a wear and tear response.
It's often...
helpful for people to think of the lion and the gazelle, right?
This is the in nature stress response.
The lion's chasing gazelle.
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