Fighting fear

Raphael
Raphael
Jul 23, 2017 · 2 min read
British Columbia, Canada (Organization: Skydive Extreme Yeti)

Fact: The amygdala hijack is your brain’s natural response to heightened emotions, often used to describe your fear response — aka fight or flight. The term hijack represents how the amygdala short circuits your brain before your rational / higher-thinking functions can logically process the input.

Result: You act emotionally and not logically. You think of every possible reason why it is a BAD idea. Sound familiar?

#CanvasTheory:

1) Realize what is happening. A number of physiological changes takes place in your body and you enter the fight or flight mode such as increased heart rate, sweat, stress. It will happen — no matter how severe / long in duration.

2) Active your neocortex by doing any of the executive ‘brain’ functions — e.g., plan, problem solve, diagnosis, evaluate, etc. My personal favourite is to label the emotions and responses taking place (what is the threat and what is my body doing?)

3) If possible — tackle your fears head on and enjoy the ride :)

Raphael is an adventurer, strategist and life-learner. Aside from building game-changing technologies in the healthcare space, he recently launched a podcast — The Canvas Project (www.thecanvasseries.com) — where he shares stories of how everyday leaders are designing their lives to enhance performance and drive results.

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Founder of myTechne & Host of The Canvas Series | Adventurer. Strategist. Productivity Nerd

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