"stress," which as a psychological term was apparently coined in the 1920s, sure is a convenient way to avoid having to name a feeling
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Couple highlights from my Masterclass yesterday on "unpacking stress into its emotional components"
Stress is our cultures code word for "I am emotionally activated but I am going to focus externally, on the situation, instead of my emotions and feelings"
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"high levels of stress hormone" bro it's okay you can say it it's called suffering
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Research shows that the high levels of stress hormone we're producing due to the pandemic inhibit perceptual learning & memory formation & interfere with our ability to assimilate facts & focus on a task.
If you're finding working,reading & concentrating difficult this is why.
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Yesss. The adoption of dopamine, oxytocin, cortisol as phenomenological concepts makes me sad
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