S7 EP1: Are You Addicted To Stress?

The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast

Constantly Varied Gear

Health & Fitness

4.9 • 716 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

What is stress doing to your brain? We usually think of stress as a bad thing, but there is such a thing as good stress, and even in the case of bad stress, it can have some effects on your brain that your brain actually likes. So are you addicted to stress? Are you seeking it out without realizing it? And what is that doing to you?

Listen to today’s episode as Rachael and Kelsea talk about stress, what it does to your brain, how trauma exposure correlates to stress, and how you might be seeking out stress instead of minimizing it.

Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:

What stress does to your brain
The baseline for stress
The exposure to trauma that correlates with stress
The effects of stress that the brain actually likes
Why we might seek out stress
How people put themselves in stressful situations
How people can associate physical trauma with love when they’ve experienced physical abuse
Panic attacks and physical markers
Maintaining healthy stress levels
Being stressed personally and having empathy for what’s going on around you
Cutting yourself some slack
Inserting stressors in your life because it gives you control

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Transcript

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0:00.0	No one can catch me relaxing.
0:02.5	It's me.
0:04.2	I'm the factor there because now there is no sitting.
0:09.6	There is never any relaxing.
0:11.6	There is never any doing anything pointless, like watching TV.
0:16.3	That's a waste of time.
0:17.5	Sitting there, scrolling on your phone.
0:18.6	That's a waste of time.
0:20.1	It's always doing something
0:22.6	and now the people around me are like so uncomfortable not doing something in front of me
0:29.2	because I'm like such a judgy bee the big question is this.
0:38.3	In a world of fake Instagram models and bad diets, how do real people achieve their fitness goals?
0:47.3	We are an army of hardworking women, changing their lives through fitness and health. Wherever you are at on your journey,
0:57.3	we have the answers to how to make working out and eating well a part of your life. Join us in
1:05.0	changing the dialogue for women everywhere. Welcome to the Thigh Thighs Save Lives podcast. Hey guys and welcome back to the
1:15.0	Thick Thigh Save Lives podcast. I'm Kelsey and I'm Rachel. Shut up already. Just shut up.
1:24.0	I made it through the intro without laughing so I'm calling that a win. Shut up. I made it through the intro without laughing, so I'm calling that a win.
1:28.1	Shut up. You are just... You're already off on the... You're already off to a start here.
1:35.7	I know. That's how I live my best life. Listen, before we record, guys, there's something that always...
1:41.5	Wait, no, but we are recording something. Before we start recording, there's something that always... Wait, no, but we are recording something.
1:48.8	Before we start recording, there's something that always happens.
1:51.7	Rachel, like, belches.
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