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Do You Manic?
by Hal Wechsler
The headline in Science Daily read, “How Manic Thinking Makes us Happy Energized and Self-Confident." Does that arouse your curiosity and even make
We call it Speed Reading, see what you think.
The
scientists made half the participants read a series of statements twice-as-fast
as normal, and the other half twice-as-slow as their ordinary reading. Next,
they had the folks in the experiment read depressing text like, I want to
go to sleep and never wake up, and the other half read positive-statements,
including, Wow, I feel great.
Conclusions:
regardless of textual content, depressing or elating, if you intentionally
read twice-as-fast as normal, you change your emotions and your experiences.
You get an immediate dose of mental energy, happiness, and feel self-assured
in what you are doing.
Manic
The
word is associated with psychiatric disorder, and includes excessive physical
activity, impulsive behavior, and rapidly changing ideas. Manic is a synonym
for frenzied, agitated, freaky and nutzy-fagin.
Manic-Depression
and Bipolar Disorder are mental states of folks with Racing-Thoughts. Mentally
healthy people also experience Manic thinking when they are In-The-Flow, In-The-Zone,
and enjoying Peak-Experiences of creativity.
Have
you ever engaged in group brainstorming and really gave it your creative heart-and-soul?
Your consciousness blocks out everything in your environment except solving
the problem in front of you. You become a mono-maniac and often discover the
most brilliant genius-like ideas of your life. You cannot be distracted from
your goal.
According
to Connie Strong and Terrance Ketter, M.D. of
How?
You
know all about warming-up in sports, you have seen it all your life. The Yankee
batter starts swinging three-bats to get his reflexes moving; Tiger Jones
works out on the putting-range for two hours before the match. Tennis, basketball
and hockey, all require warming-up before you get into the Zone, the Flow
and experience a Peak Performance.
Do
you ever think of warming up before taking an exam, reading a textbook, or taking notes at a lecture?
If
you intentionally read some paragraphs aloud, twice as fast as your normal
reading speed, you are warming up the neural networks of your brain. It erases
feeling tired, panicked, and distressed about your results.
What
if you cannot find a place to read aloud without appearing demented? Silently (subvocalize), the page or two
as a warm up exercise. In two-minutes, you will be in-the-Zone, and
ready to operate at your optimal level.
Science
You
got a Sympathetic Nervous System that runs our Fight-or-Flight survival mechanism,
also known as Stress and Distress. It is activated by adrenaline (epinephrine),
and cortisol, and gets our bodies ready to fight
or run.
Our
Parasympathetic Nervous System is based on relaxation, and produces the neurotransmitter,
acetylcholine, which is directly related to learning and memory. Which do
you need before an exam, interview or presentation?
Seyle
Dr.
Hans Seyle wrote 32 books and 1,500 articles on
Stress while at the
He
makes his case against Distress, which is chronic (continuing), and disease-causing.
He suggests that Eustress is a good form of stress,
a pleasant or curative
stress. According to Seyle, life
is largely a process of adaptation to circumstances in which we exist. We
can even use stress as a positive adaptation to life. Eustress
is the High you get just before you do your best in any experience. Actors
on Broadway or
Speed
Most
people think of speed reading as tripling your reading speed and doubling
your memory. It is reading and remembering three books, articles and reports
in the time others can hardly finish even one. But it is more. It is changing
your mood from anxiety and panic, to expecting success and pleasure. It releases
your creativity and imagination, makes you feel happier and trust in the unfolding.
Speed
reading raises you mental and physical energy levels for greater comprehension
and focus, in additional to initiating Eustress,
the excitement of coming success.
Endwords
Do
you ever want to change your mood and have two-minutes to do it? Ever go for
an interview and feel angst, dread and fear?
Get
a little manic thinking under your belt and you will ace your experience.
One form of manic-thinking is Eustress, and it often
produces success in the face of imminent failure.
The secret of Stressbusting is diaphragmatic breathing for increase oxygenation and release of carbon dioxide and toxins. You can voluntarily change the pictures on the movie-screen of your mind to a positive winning mood, one that optimizes your knowledge and skills. These strategies take just two-minutes. Are you up for it?
