Before the next time something makes you screaming #frustrated -

The 90-second emotional reset that's changing lives and is backed by Harvard science https://www.upworthy.com/mo-gawdat-happiness-90-seconds-rule-ex1/

#anxiety #cortisol #adrenaline #triggers #fightorflight #angermanagement #mentalhealth

The 90-second emotional reset that's changing lives and is backed by Harvard science

Entrepreneur and author Mo Gawdat has spent over 20 years researching the science of happiness.

Upworthy

In the Reset, your body reacts before your mind understands.

Heart racing.
Overthinking.
Always on edge.

That’s your nervous system in fight or flight—
trying to protect you during change.

It feels intense…
but it’s part of the transition.
#PsychozoicEra #TheReset #FightOrFlight #Anxiety #SelfGrowth

Simply an amazing story - such a brave young boy. That takes real grit, courage, and heart. True Aussie spirit. His mum must be incredibly proud. #AustinAppelbee #Australia #AussieSpirit #FightOrFlight

An ‘amazing feat’: how was 13-...
An ‘amazing feat’: how was 13-year-old Austin Appelbee able to swim for four hours to save his family?

Saltwater, survival backstroke and sheer mind over matter may have helped the teenager save his family, experts say

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Fight or Flight Review (Spoilers)

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> ... we suggest that, by virtue of differential parental investment, female stress responses have selectively evolved to maximize the survivial of self and offspring. We suggest that females respond to stress by nurturing offspring, exhibiting behaviors that protect them from harm and reduce neuroendocrine responses that may compromise offspring health (the tending pattern), and by befriending, namely, affiliating with social groups to reduce risk...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10941275/
https://taylorlab.psych.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2014/10/2000_Biobehavioral-responses-to-stress-in-females_tend-and-befriend.pdf
#FightOrFlight #TendAndBefriend #CareAndRepair
Biobehavioral responses to stress in females: tend-and-befriend, not fight-or-flight - PubMed

The human stress response has been characterized, both physiologically and behaviorally, as "fight-or-flight." Although fight-or-flight may characterize the primary physiological responses to stress for both males and females, we propose that, behaviorally, females' responses are more marked by a pa …

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> The human stress response has been characterized... physiologically and behaviorally, as "#FightOrFlight.".. though fight-or-flight may characterize the primary physiological responses to stress for both... we propose that, behaviorally, females' responses are more marked by a pattern of "#TendAndBefriend." Tending involves nurturant activities designed to protect the self and offspring that promote safety and reduce distress; befriending is the creation and maintenance of social networks that may aid in this process.
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/HT #RebeccaSolnit