On: Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Climbing World Reels

[vlasev]

Apparently, meditation can reduce the size of your amygdala [1], and this reduces your fear response, so yea. I'm not saying you can become like him, but you can make some headway in that direction.

[1]: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/what-does-mi...

[pcmonk → vlasev]

Sounds like a bad idea to me. People like Alex have a pretty short life expectancy.

[komali2 → pcmonk]

But what a life they lead.

Considering you and I have a 100% chance of death anyway, I see the attraction.

[pcmonk → komali2]

Oh, I agree. I guess I'm saying that if you want to live that life, that's great, go shrink your amygdala. However, if you haven't chosen that, then a smaller amygdala may not help you live a better life.

[weaksauce → pcmonk]

reducing the amygdala would be a win in stress and anxiety management though which would touch all aspects of life.

[vlasev → weaksauce]

And that's the point. A lot of us walk around with certain fears that would be best to be put behind us. This kind of thing helps, indeed.

[vlasev → pcmonk]

This stuff is not so that you'd go out there and live a life like Alex. It's more of a, face some of your own irrational fears, sort of thing.