Briar Harvey describes living with intense emotional swings, from calm to panicked in seconds. A hospital heart-rate monitor spiked so high it alarmed the staff. She learned to use that fight-or-flight energy as fuel to push through and get things done.
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I am a 0 to 100 person. You know, the second someone tells me something— Same. I mean, like, I was in the hospital the other day and, um, the doctor or the nurse came in and was like, oh, they found something. And I had the little heart rate monitor on and it went crazy. And my husband was like, Jenna, calm down. They didn't even say anything bad. But like, I am 0 to 100 with everything in my life, right? There is no in-between on anything. Um, but I think the beautiful thing is, and, you know, we'll see if this hurts me in the long run, but I really use that as fuel to get things done, right? So my entire goal in, you know, fight or flight is get out of here, get out of a place of anxiety. And so that's what motivates me to get things done and to take action. Um, and, and then to be successful. So, you know, it presents an anxiety, but again, I, I'm thankful for it because it really is the fuel that I think gets me do the things that are bringing the success.