- Stress is an emotion cycle that has a beginning, middle and end. In the past if you were being chased by a lion a fight or flight response would eventually end the stress but today it's a lot harder to complete the cycle. - If fight or flight doesn't solve the stress response then you can try to fake some fight or flight like running or physical activity or tensing your muscles to kind of complete the stress cycle. - Any kind of restful activity can also help complete the stress cycle. 7-9 hours of sleep can also do it. Our body completes stress response cycles when you sleep. ------- #curiousminds 184 - Amelia Nagoski on Banishing Burnout