It will keep you hyperalert, though sometimes you're too scared to get out of the truck. |
In this state, which is entered into unknowingly, the individual becomes hyperalert to rejection, growing increasingly inclined to perceive social interactions as tinged with hostility or scorn. |
You go into hyperalert mode until the threat passes, and other hormones shut down your signaling loop. |
This overreaction makes your body produce excess amounts of the stress hormones adrenaline and cortisol, which can make you hyperalert and anxious. |
But mindfulness is different from the hyperalert way you might feel after a great night's sleep or a strong cup of coffee. |
Naturally enough, in a story about a tainted emotional legacy and a virus that invades a person's DNA, Roth is hyperalert to the possibility of creative slippage between literal and metaphorical inheritance. |