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Podcast: Tiny Bites of Wagaliciousness
Episode: Wellbeing Wisdom Tiny Bites - Stop Doing That to Yourself!
Description: Did something happen to you that really upset you? Do you find yourself telling that story over and over again, either to others or inside your own head?
When you do that, you are literally reliving the event. Your brain can’t tell the difference between the actual event and your retelling of it, so it floods you with the same stress hormones it did when the event happened. It speeds your respiration and heart rate, causes your muscles to tense and re-creates the awful feelings of “fight or flight” in your body and your mind.
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