Why Does Anxiety Slash Dread Give Us That Crampy Cramp?

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Military training involves something called fear inoculation, which is getting exposed to scaryish situations in a small amounts until you're just no longer shocked by them. To say that even a highly trained navy seal is not afraid is is ridiculous. Wordanlty, i love that ria is the way toget yourself out of ityere like Ria ongot peg will. But jordan s wants to know weird and dumb question, why does anxiety slash dread give us that stomach achy crampy feeling?

FEAR. Anxiety. Stress. Dread. It's all the same dang thing, as it turns out. Biologist and fear expert Mary Poffenroth is back to answer your questions in Part 2 of the encore presentation that's been one of the most helpful interviews of ol' Alie Ward's life. Learn how super successful people approach fear, Mary’s scariest hour, plus answers to all of your questions about night terrors, self-spookery, sharks' bad PR image to how likely it is that a snake will bite your butt. Plus: the best thing about following your passions in life. If this episode helped you at all, consider telling friends about it so we can all get over being chicken sh*ts and, as Mary would say "die with great stories."

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