We need to distinguish between stress and stimulation. Having deadlines, setting goals, and pushing yourself to perform at capacity are stimulating. Stress is when you're anxious, upset, or frustrated, which dramatically reduce your ability to perform.
People often say that stress is a motivator. What we're referring to when we say this is really better described as stimulation and engagement.
Stress is the negative whirlwind of emotions that gets imposed on top of our stimulation and engagement.
In a large mass of muscle deprived of its circulation, the rate at which the recovery process can go on, after severe stimulation, depends on the rate at which oxygen can reach the fibres by diffusion.
I require a lot of stimulation, and there's so much I've learned being in front of the camera, I felt like I had more to give behind it.
A relationship will be futile if it's based just on physicality. Intellectual stimulation is a must for me.
Even though decathlon is really long, there's always something different to look forward to, which is great for mental stimulation.
I guess you could say I'm an addict - an adrenalin addict - I get great excitement and stimulation from doing stuff in public, even though I'm nervous and I have very bad stage fright.
I think we all have really busy lives now and there's so much stimulation, there's so many artists, there's so much music, there's so much art, there's so much everything in a world it's hard to get people to focus on 12 songs of yours at once.
Texting is addicting. Once you get emotionally involved with constant outside stimulation assaulting your brain, it is hard to stop looking at your machine every two minutes. Without rapid fire words appearing on a screen, you feel bored, not part of the action.
