Mindset - Breath Control
Think about when you fail to be the person you want to be – when you needlessly snap at your kids, or spouse, get flustered at work, quit during a workout, or get upset over something small. These moments of weakness are very frequently caused by stress. Stress often makes u act in ways we aren’t proud of. The human stress response – known as the fight-or-flight response – helps us survive life-and-death situations. When we become stressed, numerous changes occur in our brains and bodies (for example: adrenaline and cortisol levels surge, pupils dilate, and heart rate increases) that allow us to fight harder, run faster, feel less pain, and better notice threats in our environment. These changes are invaluable during life-threating situations like when you need to ignore immense pain and fatigue to carry an injured teammate off the battlefield or keep running to evade an attacker. The problem is that fight-or-flight response also has many damaging side effects. Getting stressed causes ...