Fear arises in the brain as a result of our sensory perception of a threat. Fear causes stress: throughout the entire body, again, also via our perceptions. A fantastic study at the University of Wisconsin determined that stress alone, wasn’t enough to produce an adverse effect on health or any increased risk of premature death. Experiencing increased stress AND holding a belief that stress negatively impacts one’s health on the other hand, was found to increase the risk of premature death by 43%. The study tracked 30 000 adults over an 8 year period.

 - Two incredibly important things to know:

1. It’s impossible to experience stress when in a whole brain state relative to the stressful issue.

2. Neurologically calibrating the immune system is incredibly effective at both optimising the immune response & when performed early after exposure to a pathogen, is incredibly effective in minimising, if not potentially eliminating noticeable symptoms. If health related stress (which includes everything with the current situation in the world at the moment) & immune function are on your mind, comment or DM as the fact that it’s possible to completely transform the stress & optimise the immune response, are not things that are in most people’s awareness.

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 - Other studies have shown that when participants are told "You're the kind of person whose performance improves under pressure," it does—by as much as ⅓.