Positive thrill-seeking is a way to get our “dose of excitement” without the dangerous and unnecessary risks that often come with others forms of thrill-seeking like gambling or drug abuse….
“Courage is not the lack of fear. It is acting in spite of it.” Mark Twain In many ways we may try to get rid of our fears and phobias by taking medication (or alcohol and drugs), going to psychotherapy, reciting affirmations, listening to hypnosis tapes, or by simply avoiding environments where we feel too...
An “amygdala hijack” is when our fear response in the brain is so strong that it overrides our rational thinking. It’s an emotional state that can often cause us to act in illogical ways. What can we do about it?…
We often have an extreme fear of disapproval from others. This can often be driven by our evolutionary history (in the past, we depended on social approval from members of our tribe in order to survive), as well as social conditioning at a young age (from our parents and schools). Maslow’s “hierarchy of needs” defines...