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Ep. 25 — Choking Under Pressure: What Stress Really Does to Your Brain
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That feeling of a racing heart and sweaty palms before a big meeting. What if it wasn't a warning sign, but your body handing you rocket fuel? For decades, we've been told to avoid stress at all costs, but it turns out that's the single biggest myth sabotaging our success.
In this video, Dr. Roger Hall dismantles our entire understanding of stress. We dive into the century-old science of the "Stress Performance Curve," which proves that stress is a dose-dependent tool. Too little, and you're bored and unmotivated. Too much, and you choke. But find the sweet spot? You unlock peak performance.
Discover the psychology behind why elite athletes and special forces operators learn to increase stress to win, how a simple mindset shift can turn terror into excitement, and why "over-rehearsal" is the key to becoming unshakable in any crisis.
💡 What You’ll Learn:
The biggest myth about stress that is secretly holding you back from your potential.
The science behind the "Stress Performance Curve" and how to find your absolute peak state.
How to re-label anxiety as "fuel" to crush your goals (just like top athletes and performers).
Thank you for tuning in to this episode of Second Thoughts with Dr. Roger Hall!
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Chapters
1. The #1 Myth About Stress We All Believe (00:00:00)
2. Stress as a "Dose": Why Too Little Is as Bad as Too Much (00:00:25)
3. The Overwhelming Feeling That Shuts Your Brain Down (00:01:15)
4. The 1908 Discovery That Changes Everything (The Performance Curve) (00:03:12)
5. The Secret Top Athletes Use to "Get Psyched" for a Game (00:03:49)
6. Choking Under Pressure: What's Happening in Your Brain (00:04:56)
7. The Military's #1 Trick for Performing Under Pressure (00:06:09)
8. Mind Hack: How Re-labeling Anxiety Can Boost Your Test Scores (00:09:16)
9. The Shocking "Suproxin" Experiment (Adrenaline, Mindset & Deception) (00:11:36)
10. Your Brain Can't Tell The Difference Between Terror & Excitement (00:14:49)
11. A Simple Acronym for Handling Any Crisis: S.T.O.P. (00:20:50)
12. The Power of Human Agency vs. Dumb Luck (00:23:23)
13. The Surprising Truth About Surviving a Plane Crash (00:24:47)
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