Tools for Managing Stress & Anxiety

When our internal states of stress or calm match (mismatch) the demands on us, we tend to interpret these as good (bad). Alertness vs. stressors as a driver of emotions.

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The sympathetic chain ganglia run from the neck to the naval and when something stresses out they become excited and release asidocoline at various sides in the body.

Short-term stress and the release of epinephrine are important for combatting infection through inflammation. It also brings certain aspects of your brain alive to narrow your focus to do intentionally actions. Epinephrine releases the killer cells in the immune system that clean the system. Super-oxygenation breathing (Wim Hoff) liberates epinephr... See more

The post ganlianic neurons respond to the asidocoline and release epinephrine at particular organs. This acts in two different ways - muscles, heart, and other things that need to be active when you are stressed have a Beta receptor that causes the dialation of blood vessels, speeding up of heart rate,… Other receptors on luxuries we do not need wh... See more

If you cannot decrease your stress levels over long periods and maintain bed sleep, once you relax you might crash due to the loss of adrenaline. Tackykinin is our internal punishment signal that makes us more fearful, paranoid and impairs our immune system. It is released when we don’t spend enough time with people you really trust, doing things y... See more

The physiological si (two inhales, one long exhale) is the most effective method to calm the body down and decrease the level of alertness ⇒ exhale focused breathing. This can also put you to sleep.

Medium-term stress can last from several days to weeks. You can use HIIT, cold showers and other programs to increase your stress threshold by disassociating the mind and the body (relaxing the mind while the body experiences stress). By deliberately widening your gaze, you can calm your mind but keep the body output high. A high stress threshold h... See more

It’s a generic system designed to mobilize resources in the body. It’s based on hardwired biological mechanisms.