Levitin Why Do We Stress About Small Problems

Why do we stress about small problems that are irrelevant? Because we were taught to try a solve our everyday problems. Levitin discusses about how, psychologist Gary Klein, described a term, pre-mortem, as a way look ahead and solve all the problems that could go wrong and try to figure out how to prevent those things from happening. Personally I’ve lost many things because I didn’t know where I last put them, sometimes even more important things like a birth certificate, or even a social security card, which is pretty important. I agree with Levitin that the pre-mortem makes life easier. After this Ted Talk I make sure to have a designated spot for most important things. Levitin described different ways that stress can affect with you. Stress releases cortisol, which is dangerous. Pre-mortem reduces cortisol from your body. Also the way memory works in our brain is called hippocampus, and Levitin used mental pre-planning with his doctor. I will now explain how cortisol is released by your stress and arises conflicts with your body.
He stated, it releases cortisol that raises your heart rate, it modulates adrenaline levels, and it clouds your thinking. Levitin described that he didn’t think straight when he broke his basement window because of the cloudy thinking from the cortisol that the brain releases. Cortisol has been proven that can be dangerous for your body and the stress will only open to more conflicts with your life. Having a designated spot for the most important things, like I said before, will reduce stress and cortisol being released to your body, which I will explain in the next