Have you ever seen someone on a TV show and felt uncomfortable or nauseous? I don’t mean his, her, or their character on the show. I mean the actual actor. If you have body may have been signaling to you of that star’s true toxicity and danger in real life. Nausea can be a very clear sign of danger.
Years ago, The 70’s show was wildly popular, the problem for me is I couldn’t stand to watch it. The actor Danny Masterson gave me the creeps. I was physically nauseous when I tried to watch him in the show. Later there was a popular reality show called The Duggars about a large Mormon family. I have friends that are Mormons and I love fictional comedies about big families, so I turned it on. Something felt off and I started to feel nauseous. This has happened to me all my life as a signal that someone is “Off” and that there is something potentially toxic or dangerous about them. It does not happen every time I see a toxic person, (Oh how I wish it did) but when it does, I pay attention. Couldn’t even finish one episode of the show.
In a strange coincidence This week I consulted with the media on the upcoming Duggar family Documentary and the rape trial of former 70’s SHOW and The RANCH star Danny Masterson. Your body is a human lie detector. Nausea can sometimes signal that you are in a dangerous situation and or you are seeing a dangerous toxic person. bodies evolved to trigger anxiety symptoms such as nausea when we are under threat or in danger. When a person's anxiety is not related to a real danger, like when stress is triggered by a perceived threat, nausea can be especially distressing.
When you feel stressed or anxious, your body releases a rush of hormones to prepare you to face or flee from a perceived threat. These hormones light the fuse that sets off your freeze, flight, fight, faint, or friend response. Neurotransmitters in the limbic system of the brain react by sending messages to the rest of your body to:
• get the heart pumping faster.
• increase the breathing rate.
• tense the muscles.
• send more blood to the brain.
Anxiety and stress can affect virtually every body system. This includes your cardiovascular, endocrine, musculoskeletal, nervous, reproductive, and respiratory systems.
In the digestive system, stress can cause:
• nausea, vomiting
• heartburn, acid reflux
• stomachache, gas, bloating
• diarrhea, constipation, painful spasms in the bowel
