Speaker 1: Pushkin. Hey, Happiness Lab listeners, I've been hard at work
Speaker 1: on the next season of this podcast for months, but
Speaker 1: it would also be fair to say that this season
Speaker 1: has been decades in the making. You see, I've finally
Speaker 1: taken the courage to let down my defenses and share
Speaker 1: the story of how the happiness teacher sometimes comes in
Speaker 1: at the bottom of the class and you give me now, Okay,
Speaker 1: I'm going to explore topics that are dear to my
Speaker 1: heart with people that are dear to my heart, like
Speaker 1: my mom. Wait a minute, let me put the TV off.
Speaker 1: I'll be finding out why I personally struggle so badly
Speaker 1: with even simple things like sitting still and doing nothing.
Speaker 2: This is a whole episode about boredom because I feel
Speaker 2: like I'm pretty bad at boredom. You are, But I
Speaker 2: feel like I'm bad at boredom because you're bad at boredom. Yeah.
Speaker 1: No, I didn't do well with doing nothing. I'll ask
Speaker 1: why I let stress ruin my health.
Speaker 3: Your stress could be viewed in a debilitating way. Hard
Speaker 3: is racing your palms or sweaty or butterflies in your stomach.
Speaker 3: In that circumstance, it feels self evident and the stress
Speaker 3: is bad, that it's assign your body is preparing for
Speaker 3: damage and defeat.
Speaker 1: Why perfectionism sometimes pushes me to the breaking point. I
Speaker 1: was having no human contact. I didn't go outside for
Speaker 1: ten days once before final exams. And what it is
Speaker 1: about death that paralyzes me with fear?
Speaker 2: This is for a whole episode about is it the nactophobia?
Speaker 1: Is that what you see it phanatophobia? I see panatophobia
Speaker 1: because I have really terrible of panatophobia. I'm like, really
Speaker 1: spooked about death. And when I find out why these
Speaker 1: things affect me so badly, I'm hoping to do something
Speaker 1: about it. I think you're doing much much better. I mean,
Speaker 1: I'm just glad you've kind of confronteday. So join me.
Speaker 1: Doctor Laurie Santo's on this very personal journey, Available from
Speaker 1: June third, wherever you get your podcasts.