15/06/2023
💡THE ADRENALINE JU**IE
Sometimes people engage in high-risk behavior to feel alive. Even though they may be tremendously successful by societal standards, there is a lacking on the inside, a disconnect from the soul that makes them feel half-dead. They risk death for the jolt, the adrenaline rush, so that they can, at least in the moment, feel alive.
Adrenaline is a stimulating hormone naturally released by the brain in response to extreme stress or anxiety. Its purpose is to send a surge of awareness and strength during a dangerous situation or crisis and creates a temporary natural high, elevated senses, and a feeling of power and control. Neurotransmitters, such as endorphins and dopamine are also released, and they add to the experience. What makes this fact most relevant is that intense anger triggers the fight-or-flight response and produces a similar sense of euphoria.
Hence, the more one lives in accord with the soul, the less he needs the drug of anger to make him feel alive.
So as Maslow succinctly summarizes: “If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy and angry all of the days of your life..."
