"I Knew All The Answers,
But My Mind Went Blank."
Test = Rattlesnake
When you have a strong "inner saboteur" voice that keeps telling you, "You're no good. You're not smart enough. You're never going to pass this test," trying to convince yourself differently is really hard. If it was this easy, you would have already told yourself this and you wouldn't still be experiencing high stress and anxiety symptoms.
"Then I'll change my irrational thinking, right?"
Wrong.
Your conscious mind understands that a big test, interview or critical performance is not a rattlesnake. However, somewhere in your psyche you are carrying an inner belief that this event is a threat or danger to your well being and safety. Because of this "perception," which may be irrational, but perceived real in the moment, your limbic brain triggers a "protective" mode response to a critical testing or performance situation.
What are symptoms of a panic attack?
When you sit down for a big test or professional licensing exam, audition, interview, presentation or athletic competition, do you experience any of following symptoms:
• Mind goes blank
• Get flushed and hot
• Feel paralyzed & stuck
• Break out in a cold sweat
• Feel nauseous or light headed
• Heart starts pounding hard or racing
• Afraid you might be having a heart attack
If you encounter any of the above symptoms, chances are you are experiencing high anxiety or a "panic attack" which is being triggered by internalized stress and the "perception" of a threat or danger to your well being.
What is a panic attack?
Everyone's brain is wired deep inside the limbic brain center to automatically respond to life-threatening situations by immediately triggering your "protection" mode called the "freeze, flight or fight" response, an automanic reaction in your nervous system for self preservation.
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Physiologically, when your protection mode kicks in, the autonomic nervous system triggers your hind brain which controls muscular response for self preservation while pumping adrenalin into your blood stream making your heart beat faster to pump more blood to your muscles which need to respond quick to an emergency situation.
Meanwhile, your parasympathetic nervous system, which is responsible for slowing heart rate, bringing blood flow into the stomach to aid in digestion and into the forebrain to support optimum brain function for critical thinking, becomes secondary of importance and shuts down, while the body is automatically saving itself from harm.
This is why when you get in an emotional argument or fight, your logic and reason goes out the door and your caught up in the "freeze, fight or fight" mode, body and mind. To read more about stress
When you sit down for a big test or professional licensing exam, audition, interview, presentation or athletic competition, do you experience any of following symptoms:• Mind goes blank
• Get flushed and hot
• Feel paralyzed & stuck
• Break out in a cold sweat
• Feel nauseous or light headed
• Heart starts pounding hard or racing
• Afraid you might be having a heart attack
If you encounter any of the above symptoms, chances are you are experiencing high anxiety or a "panic attack" which is being triggered by internalized stress and the "perception" of a threat or danger to your well being.
What is a panic attack?
Everyone's brain is wired deep inside the limbic brain center to automatically respond to life-threatening situations by immediately triggering your "protection" mode called the "freeze, flight or fight" response, an automanic reaction in your nervous system for self preservation.Learn about Porchia's new neuro-science technology that trains your brain to get in the "zone" for peak performance. Available Fall, 2011.
Physiologically, when your protection mode kicks in, the autonomic nervous system triggers your hind brain which controls muscular response for self preservation while pumping adrenalin into your blood stream making your heart beat faster to pump more blood to your muscles which need to respond quick to an emergency situation. Meanwhile, your parasympathetic nervous system, which is responsible for slowing heart rate, bringing blood flow into the stomach to aid in digestion and into the forebrain to support optimum brain function for critical thinking, becomes secondary of importance and shuts down, while the body is automatically saving itself from harm.
This is why when you get in an emotional argument or fight, your logic and reason goes out the door and your caught up in the "freeze, fight or fight" mode, body and mind. To read more about stress
I never saw the rattlesnake
Your Self Protection Mode In Action
My personal example of this automatic self preservation mode in action is when one summer day while mountain biking in the Santa Monica Mountains, I stopped on a grassy hillside to do a meditation.
I sat cross-legged, quiet and still for maybe 20 minutes, listening to the sounds of nature, breathing in and out gently and easily while my mind quieted and my entire body relaxed into the meditation.
Slowly, I opened my eyes and looked around at the beauty that surrounded me, taking in one long deep breath as I simultaneous lifted my arms over head for a good stretch.
As soon as I moved my arms, I heard a loud, "sssssssssss," from somewhere over my right shoulder and without even knowing how I did it, I sprang onto my feet in a split second!
I never saw the rattlesnake that apparently had slithered near me during my meditation, but as soon as I heard it's rattle, my automatic "protection" mode was triggered and I was up and on my feet before my brain actually had time to think about what had just happened.
Your Self Protection Mode In ActionMy personal example of this automatic self preservation mode in action is when one summer day while mountain biking in the Santa Monica Mountains, I stopped on a grassy hillside to do a meditation.
I sat cross-legged, quiet and still for maybe 20 minutes, listening to the sounds of nature, breathing in and out gently and easily while my mind quieted and my entire body relaxed into the meditation.
Slowly, I opened my eyes and looked around at the beauty that surrounded me, taking in one long deep breath as I simultaneous lifted my arms over head for a good stretch.
As soon as I moved my arms, I heard a loud, "sssssssssss," from somewhere over my right shoulder and without even knowing how I did it, I sprang onto my feet in a split second!
I never saw the rattlesnake that apparently had slithered near me during my meditation, but as soon as I heard it's rattle, my automatic "protection" mode was triggered and I was up and on my feet before my brain actually had time to think about what had just happened.
Turn Your Inner SaboteurInto An Inner Ally
For Success!
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