SWEARING LITERALLY MAKES YOU BETTER, STRONGER AND FASTER- SIGN ME UP!
I’ve always wondered about the various things that come in to play that make people more capable physically. It’s been a theme of imagination for millions, thanks to memes like Bruce Banner and Steve Austin, among many others. But it seems that there’s a really simple way to access being better, stronger and faster. Swear! Anyone can do it, even if they are limited to using their imagination, as loud as they can. Because a recent study found that when people swear, it lowers inhibitions, boosts confidence and ever so briefly frees their brains from PC limitations. Sign me up!
WE’VE ALL ASSUMED SWEARING DOES THIS, BUT NOW SCIENCE PROVES IT’S TOTALLY TRUE
Sure, pretty much everyone knows this instinctually. When you can’t open a jar or when you stub your toe, swearing sure does make it seem like you get stronger or the pain is suddenly less overwhelming. But that hasn’t been real “knowing,” it’s been an assumption born out of frustration. Yet now we know, it’s actually true! Most of us are limited, consciously or unconsciously, from accessing our full strengths for a host of social reasons. But swearing frees us up, allowing us to feel (if not be) more focused, confident and less distracted.
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SWEARING DOESN’T TRIGGER FIGHT OR FLIGHT, IT LITERALLY DISINHIBITS YOU FROM HOLDING BACK
Older research found that swearing could let people access greater strength and increase pain tolerance, using exercises like pushups or cycling sprints and holding a hand in icy water for as long as possible. People who whore could do more exercise, and people who swore could keep their hands in freezing water longer. But there wasn’t any physiological connection to any “fight or flight” response from swearing…. So why does it work? Disinhibition! When you curse profusely and with feeling, it frees you to literally be stronger and handle pain better.
Hopefully, this won’t mean everyone in every gym, everywhere will be swearing up a storm at full volume… Use the inside voice!
