Short YouTube clip by Phil Powis explaining that the nervous system (fight-or-flight response) activates in the body (tightening/flip/thickening in the gut) and that it is designed to respond to existential danger, but can be triggered by non-threatening everyday prompts — illustrated humorously by being asked about bananas.
You feel that little tightening, that little flip down here, that little thickening in the gut? Right. It's actually your nervous system is activating. Here's the thing about that, though. Your nervous system is designed to activate when you're in existential danger. That's it. That's when it's supposed to activate. When you're. When your life is being threatened, that's when it's supposed to activate. All your wife asks is, where are the bananas? Right? So in that moment, you can go, oh, can be. And when.
