Gratitude in the Brain
Interacting with other people, involving yourself in nature, doing something for another person.
What are ways to recognize gratitude?
Nine to Twelve Hours
How much sleep do teenagers need?
The two kinds of stress as measured by their duration.
What are acute and chronic stress?
He said, "Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it"
Who is William Arthur Ward?
This mindfulness strategy involves noticing how your body feels
What is a "body scan"?
The area of the brain that is responsible for all emotional experiences.
What is the limbic system?
What a person should try to think about while trying to fall asleep (instead of anxious ruminations).
What is gratitude?
Fiddling with random objects, bouncing their legs, and shaking their hands.
What are physical symptoms of anxiety?
He said, “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”
Who is John F. Kennedy?
A collection of personal writings in which a person reflects on the things they are grateful for.
What is a gratitude journal?
The area of the brain primarily responsible for memory whose function improves by expressing gratitude.
What is the hippocampus?
Sluggishness, heightened crankiness, harder time processing information.
What are symptoms of sleep deprivation?
It kills the brain cells.
What does chronic stress do to brain cells?
She said, "We learned about gratitude and humility- so many people had a hand in our success."
Who is Michelle Obama?
A person who helps another express gratitude.
What is a gratitude buddy?
The area of the brain that regulates "executive functioning" and whose function is improved by increasing gratitude.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
11 days.
How many days can a human go without sleep?
The hormone associated with stress that is markedly reduced by practicing gratitude.
What is cortisol?
She said, "True forgiveness is when you can say, 'thank you for the experience,'"
Who is Oprah?
An exercise in which a person thinks of something to be grateful for for each letter of the alphabet.
What is "doing the gratitude ABC's"?
The two "feel good" neurotransmitters that the brain releases when you express gratitude.
Dopamine and Serotonin.
The area of the brain that helps regulate sleep and whose function improves when a person displays kindness and gratitude.
What is the hypothalamus?
The two mental illness that are most significantly alleviated by regularly practicing gratitude.
What are anxiety and depression?
She said, "What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude."
Who is Brene Brown?
A letter sent to a person expressing one's gratitude for something they did.
What is a "thank you note"?