Quit Like a Woman by Holly Glenn Whitaker

Author:Holly Glenn Whitaker
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2019-02-03T16:00:00+00:00

MANAGING OUR ENERGY

In Awakening the Brain, Charlotte Tomaino explains that most of the time, we are somewhere between two states: hyperarousal and hypoarousal. Hyperarousal is the state where our sympathetic nervous system has kicked in and our fight-or-flight response is stimulated—cognition and digestion slow down, adrenaline and cortisol are released, the heart pumps faster, our emotions are sharper, and we are reactive; all the things that help us when fighting or fleeing an attacker. Hypoarousal is a detached, dissociated state, where we are lethargic, unengaged, zoned out, and close to catatonia.

Tomaino explains that for us to thrive and be the most loving, open, and effective versions of ourselves, we need to constantly avoid hitting either the hyperarousal or the hypoarousal state by self-regulating (and not with coffee and alcohol). If we remain hyperaroused with no self-regulation, we will eventually hit a point of no return, where the only way out is to use something heavy (like wine) to drop us into hypoarousal, where we can recover. In other words, if we don’t subtly manage our energy throughout the day, we have to manage it with a jackhammer at the end of the day.

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