Do You Need Stress to Motivate You? Watch This! #shorts #drpatrickporter #braintap #brainwaves

Name: Do You Need Stress to Motivate You? Watch This! #shorts #drpatrickporter #braintap #brainwaves
Uploaded: 2023-08-11T14:30:05+00:00
Duration: 31 s
Channel: Claudia von Boeselager
Description: In this short monologue, the speaker explains that the liver stores about 25 grams of sugar, an evolutionary reserve meant for acute physical threats…

11 Aug 2023 · 1 min

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In this short monologue, the speaker explains that the liver stores about 25 grams of sugar, an evolutionary reserve meant for acute physical threats like fleeing from a predator. The body now releases this glucose during modern psychological stress—such as checking a phone, receiving bad news, or worrying about the future—effectively giving you the energy of a candy bar without the pleasure of actually eating one. The speaker warns that using stress as a primary motivator is misguided because it provides a quick energy boost but lacks the rewarding experience, and can lead to unhealthy reliance on stress for motivation.

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Most people don't realize that your liver holds 25 grams of sugar. It's holding that sugar just in case a tiger show up or you need to flee from an enemy, those kind of things. But now it's doing it when we look at our phone or when we get a bad piece of information or when we think about the future. So a lot of people out there are using stress to motivate their system, but what happens in the body is every time you have a stressful event, it's like eating a candy bar. So I always tell people, you're getting the sugar from the candy bar, but you're not getting the enjoyment of eating the candy bar. You know, it's a big difference.