Episode 3: The Biology of Fear - Fear at it's Most Basic
It's Spooky Season, and what a better topic than Fear and what it does for, and to, our bodies. Fear is a universal emotion, an age-old companion that has shaped the course of human history, and intregal to our survival. It's the pulse-quickening sensation that sets our hearts racing and sends shivers down our spines. But it's more than just an unpleasant feeling—it's a complex, fascinating, and deeply ingrained aspect of the human experience. This episode also includes special segment on fear as a pleasure source, for all you out there that love a Halloween spook!
Episode Highlights:
- 🔆 The dictionary's definition on fear, and an alternative one based on scientific research.
- 🔆 The biology of fear and how much of it is mental.
- 🔆 What happens to our body when we feel the emotion of fear.
- 🔆 Can we control fear from a biological perspective?
- 🔆 Why some people love fear and the science behind why it can be enjoyable.
- 🔆 Fear is like glue and the issues with fear based conditioning.
Fear is part instinct, part learned, part taught. The fear response has kept us alive. It is primal, and we should respect it. Expect more iterations on fear and how it manifests for us in later episodes.
Stay Tuned: Our next episode is really our WHY episode. Why this podcast was started, why our host dismantled and reset her life two years ago, and why it's changes everything. It's going to be an episode made up entirely of a personal journey, and one where you really get to meet your conversationalist, Arielle
Links:
National Library of Medicine : The Biology of Fear
National Library of Medicine : The Paradox of Pleasurable Fear
National Library of Medicine : The Contextual Brain: Implications for Fear Conditioning, Extinction, and Psychopathology
The Atlantic : Why Do Some Brains Enjoy Fear?
- Host : Arielle Moyal
- Cohost : N/A
- Special Series : N/A
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