The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

Hulking Out! Why You Change When You're Angry

Oct 24, 2022

Discover how intense emotions like anger can transform us into strangers to ourselves, much like the Incredible Hulk. Explore the emotional complexities of childbirth and the struggle between expectations and reality. Learn about compassion fatigue in the workplace amid cultural shifts towards empathy and equity. Delve into the empathy gaps that challenge our self-prediction during intense moments. Gain practical techniques for managing emotions and improving decision-making during high-stress situations.

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The Power of Hot States: How Performance Anxiety Affects Skating

00:46

The Hot Cold Empathy Gap

01:13

Intro

4min

Navigating Childbirth: Expectations vs. Reality

10min

Compassion Fatigue and Workplace Transformation

4min

Understanding Empathy Gaps in Emotional States

2min

Emotions in Decision-Making

7min

Bridging the Empathy Gap

3min

Understanding Our Emotional 'Hulks' and the Empathy Gap

5min

When mild-mannered David Banner gets mad he transforms into the raging Incredible Hulk. Dr Laurie Santos loves this comic book tale - because it reflects real life. Intense things like anger, pain, even hunger, can cause us to act in extreme ways that we might not predict beforehand or forgive afterwards.

When we're in so-called "hot states" we might become a total stranger to ourselves. This can have a serious impact on our happiness, by stopping us properly planning for how we'll react to strong emotions and causing us to be unfairly harsh on our inner Hulks.

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