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A Perilous Relief


A Personal Study of the Physiological Foundation(s) of Risk-Taking / Danger-Seeking Behavior

Contents

  • Announcing A New Paper
  • A Perilous Relief – Introduction
  • Conventional Wisdom About Risk-Taking/Danger-Seeking Behavior
  • Risks I Took that Turned out Well
  • Risks I Took that I Barely Escaped
  • Risks I Took that Turned Out Badly
  • I Would Like to Think I Know How to Learn
  • Because Extreme Duress Makes Me Feel Better
  • Wired to Survive
  • When Survival Backfires
  • Bliss From Within – The Glory of Endogenous Opioids
  • The Magic of “Analgesic Stress”
  • The Physical Backdrop(s) of My Risk-Taking Behavior(s)

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March 7, 2009 at 12:12 pm

Stepping away for a few days… « Broken Brain - Brilliant Mind

[...] a long walk. Get some sleep. Just take care of myself. I’m actually making good headway on my research about the physiological bases for risk-taking and danger-seeking behavior, but I need some uninterrupted time to focus on my reading, so I have a clue what I’m talking [...]

March 7, 2009 at 12:21 pm

A Perilous Relief - Wired to Survive « Broken Brain - Brilliant Mind

[...] A Perilous Relief [...]

June 7, 2009 at 4:32 am

A Perilous Relief – The Physical Backdrop(s) of My Risk-Taking Behavior(s) « Broken Brain – Brilliant Mind

[...] A Perilous Relief – Table of Contents [...]


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