“They call this confident attitude a strong “internal locus of control”—the sense of being in the driver’s seat of your life”
― Nerve: Poise Under Pressure, Serenity Under Stress, and the Brave New Science of Fear and Cool
― Nerve: Poise Under Pressure, Serenity Under Stress, and the Brave New Science of Fear and Cool
“Jane often thinks all of the difficulty with parenting can be summed up by one sentence: Am I overreacting? And how 99 percent of the time, the answer is yes, but how is one to know when it’s the 1 percent of the time worrying is warranted? Frankly, it’s exhausting.”
― Jane and Dan at the End of the World
― Jane and Dan at the End of the World
“Propranolol blocks the action of adrenaline—the same hormone that fuels the body’s fear system—and Pitman reasoned that if adrenaline couldn’t do its job”
― Nerve: Poise Under Pressure, Serenity Under Stress, and the Brave New Science of Fear and Cool
― Nerve: Poise Under Pressure, Serenity Under Stress, and the Brave New Science of Fear and Cool
“Here’s a useful practice: next time you imagine something you fear coming to pass”
― Nerve: Poise Under Pressure, Serenity Under Stress, and the Brave New Science of Fear and Cool
― Nerve: Poise Under Pressure, Serenity Under Stress, and the Brave New Science of Fear and Cool
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