🤯 knowledge pill #4 · Test yourself

🤯 knowledge pill #4

Yesterday I had this killer pres on public speaking at the Venture Cafe meeting in Warsaw, and wanted to share with you the 2 things that people particularly liked on the topic of stress management:

counter-conditioning – imagine super high stakes and mitigate the stress with full-body relaxation (e.g., a hot shower). Rehearse in the shower and condition your body to feel relaxed while rehearsing under “real” stress in front of the imagined audience. Thanks to that, when you actually present, your body remembers that even under stress it can relax.

bodily activation – we already do it here with some people, but this topic is broader than I initially thought. The science says that the more introverted you are, the less bodily activation you need to release stress. But during yesterday’s presentation I tested a super introverted-looking guy with mild activation, power activation, and super intense activation (photos soon), and he was getting less and less stressed each time - so, kind of the opposite of what the science says.

Would be awesome to hear how it works for you: do you see any patterns? Does it actually relieve your stress or not?

References:

Barlow, D. H. (2002). Anxiety and its disorders: The nature and treatment of anxiety and panic (2nd ed.). Guilford Press. Craske, M. G., Treanor, M., Conway, C. C., Zbozinek, T., & Vervliet, B. (2014).

An inhibitory learning approach. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 58, 10–23. Deacon, B. J., Kemp, J. J., Dixon, L. J., Sy, J. T., Farrell, N. R., & Zhang, A. R. (2013).

Maximizing the efficacy of interoceptive exposure by optimizing learning and dose. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 51(11), 742–750.

Bodie, G. D. (2010). A racing heart, rattling knees, and ruminative thoughts: Defining, explaining, and treating public speaking anxiety. Communication Education, 59(1), 70–105.

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