“People tend to think astronauts have the courage of a superhero - or maybe the emotional range of a robot. But in order to stay calm in a high-stress, high-stakes situation, all you really need is knowledge. Sure, you might still feel a little nervous or stressed or hyper-alert. But what you won't feel is terrified.” PeopleThinkingNeedsFeelsLittlesStillsMightOrderSituationCourageEmotionalStressCalmNervousRangeStakesTerrifiedRobotsSuperheroAstronautStressedHyperStay Calm Book:An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth Source: An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
“Another intruder that plagues our good health is sleeplessness. Insomnia is much like constipation in that stress or nervous tension can bring it on or aggravate it until there's almost no coping with it. That's why you find sleeping pills in so many medicine cabinets next to the laxatives.” NextSleepStressMedicineNervousTensionPillsPlagueInsomniaCopingGood HealthCabinetsSleeplessnessIntrudersSleeping PillsConstipation Book:Revitalize Your Life After Fifty Source: Revitalize Your Life After Fifty
“... While nervous tension may be a component of stress, one can be stressed without feeling tension.” MayFeelingsPainStressNervousTherapyTensionInjuryComponentsStressed Author:Gabor Mate
“Whenever we feel stressed out, that's a signal that our brain is pumping out stress hormones. If sustained over months and years, those hormones can ruin our health and make us a nervous wreck.” IfsFeelsYearsBrainMonthsStressNervousRuinsSignalsStressedWrecksHormonesStressed Out Author:Daniel Goleman
“You know I still get nervous speaking in front of people. Speaking reminds me of pitching in that way. No matter how much you prepare, there is always that anxiety to perform. Those butterflies. You learn to embrace that stress. Eventually you realize that stress is what pushes you to perform at your peak.... But man the roller coaster! I told myself that after my career was over I would live my life quietly, out of the public eye, with no chance of embarrassing myself in front of large groups of people. Yet...here I am!” PeopleKnowsMenWayStillsMatterEyeRealizingChanceCareersGroupsFrontsAnxietyStressEmbraceNervousButterflyLiving My LifeEmbarrassingPitchingHere I AmRoller CoasterCoastersPublic EyeLarge Groups Author:Jim Abbott
“The research shows that if you meditate, the mind becomes still, and they can see the functionality and gray matter in the brain increase, the nervous system calm, the immune system improve and a reduction in stress.” IfsMindStillsMatterShowsBrainResearchIncreaseStressCalmNervousGrayImmuneReductionNervous SystemImmune SystemFunctionalityGray Matter Author:Russell Simmons
“When we experience stress, the nervous system tries to control things. Part of waking up is discovering what we are beyond that controlling organism.” TryingStressWake UpNervousWakingDiscoveringOrganismsNervous System Author:Tara Brach
“One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.” ImportantSuccessBeliefWorkHuman NatureEgoHumorousStressNervousTensionReliefSymptomsRelaxationBreakdownHuman ResourcesStress ReliefStress ManagementFunny BusinessWorking LifeImportant WorkFunny WorkNervous BreakdownWork StressReduce StressLife StressStress RelievingStress And LifeOffice WorkWork HumorFunny Labor DayInspirational Stress ReliefOffice JobsFunny StressRelaxation And StressApproaching Life Author:Bertrand Russell
“Digestion is quickly shut down during stress…The parasympathetic nervous system, perfect for all that calm, vegetative physiology, normally mediates the actions of digestion. Along comes stress: turn off parasympathetic, turn on the sympathetic, and forget about digestion.” ActionTurnsPerfectForgetStressCalmNervousTurn-onSympatheticNervous SystemTurn OffDigestionPhysiology Author:Robert M. Sapolsky
“There is simply no other exercise, and certainly no machine, that produces the level of central nervous system activity, improved balance and coordination, skeletal loading and bone density enhancement, muscular stimulation and growth, connective tissue stress and strength, psychological demand and toughness, and overall systemic conditioning than the correctly performed full squat.” GrowthLevelsProduceBalanceExerciseActivityDemandMachinesStressBonesPsychologicalNervousConditioningTissuesNervous SystemToughnessStimulationDensityCoordinationSquatEnhancementCentral Nervous System Author:Mark Rippetoe
“Typically, defenders of experiments on animals do not deny that animals suffer. They cannot deny the animals' suffering, because they need to stress the similarities between humans and other animals in order to claim that their experiments may have some relevance for human purposes. The experimenter who forces rats to choose between starvation and electric shock to see if they develop ulcers (which they do) does so because the rat has a nervous system very similar to a human being's, and presumably feels an electric shock in a similar way.” IfsWayNeedsFeelsHumansMayDoePurposeSufferingOrderForceHuman BeingsAnimalClaimsStressDenyExperimentsNervousLiberationShockElectricRatsRelevanceStarvationSimilarityDefendersNervous SystemAnimal LiberationUlcersAnimal SufferingElectric ShockExperiments On Animals Author:Peter Singer