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Is Your Body Design to Get You Out of Panic Attacks?
There is no physiological difference in your body state, physiologically speaking, between being nervous and being excited. Most people think butterflies just mean the blood left your stomach to go to your heart, and now your digestive chemistry is changed. The only difference between a situation that makes you excited and a situation that make you nervous is what your brain is saying about what's happening. And if you did trick your brain in a moment when you were nervous to actually be excited, would it impact your ability to perform? You can't do this with everyone but there are groups of people who have better control over their anxiety than others.