For future reference, it's your cortisol levels. When you're stressed for a long time they build up more and more, which means they take longer to come down

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 days ago (7 children)

Thank you, I never really understood why that happened and it was pretty frustrating to feel that without having any reason.

[–] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (6 children)

Of course! Look into some breathing exercises and maybe poke around a bit into some CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy, not the other one lol... Well maybe the other one if you think it'll help) theory. Just understanding why your body does stuff can make a huge difference in what it actually does.

Since my therapist taught me about my cortisol levels a while back, it's become a lot easier for me to identify things like "I'm anxious right now, so my cortisol levels are going up which is going to reduce how elegantly I can perform tasks. I should opt for less flashy movements to cause myself less frustration" and then my anxiety goes down regardless of how I actually change my behavior

[–] Amanduh@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

When you say less flashy movements are you talking about video games?

[–] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Nope! I have a superiority complex, which manifests largely in the way that I do things. I flip water bottles when I pick them up, or spin things around quickly and catch them for example.

However, I'm human and humans are prone to mistakes. Learning to identify when I'm more prone to mistakes than normal and reducing those flashy behaviors has helped me a lot with my anger issues

[–] Amanduh@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

So you try and flip water bottles constantly and then get angry when you don't do it well in front of people?

[–] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Mm, close. You know when a kid gets killed in a shooter game and accuse the enemy of hacking? My brain comes to that sort of conclusion about the fucking inanimate object when it doesn't move how I want it to.

Is it dumb as shit? Yeah. Did identifying this stupid behavior in myself help me change it? Hell yeah!

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