Heather Berlin
👤 Speaker
238
total appearances
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StarTalk Radio
Conquering Fear with Alex Honnold
Okay, when I get in the plane, I have no control.
StarTalk Radio
Conquering Fear with Alex Honnold
And if this plane goes down, I'm going to die.
StarTalk Radio
Conquering Fear with Alex Honnold
And once you fully accept that,
StarTalk Radio
Conquering Fear with Alex Honnold
the fear starts to go down because it's the holding on of control that actually is creating the anxiety.
StarTalk Radio
Conquering Fear with Alex Honnold
But once you just accept it, and Buddhists and mystics and all the Stoics have said this.
StarTalk Radio
Conquering Fear with Alex Honnold
But this is, I mean, with Alex, once he passes, let's say, whatever it was, 50 feet, there's an acceptance.
StarTalk Radio
Conquering Fear with Alex Honnold
No matter what, if I fall, I'm going to die.
StarTalk Radio
Conquering Fear with Alex Honnold
And once you accept it, it kind of calms the fear circuit.
StarTalk Radio
Conquering Fear with Alex Honnold
So you were able to like cognitive.
StarTalk Radio
Conquering Fear with Alex Honnold
Well, that's the top down.
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Conquering Fear with Alex Honnold
You must have very strong top down processing that you can.
StarTalk Radio
Conquering Fear with Alex Honnold
Very good prefrontal cortex.