Struggle Phase is the first step of the flow cycles but staying too long to this phase will make you fall into producing EXCESS CORTISOL which is the number 1 obstacle from achieving Flow. This hormone also communicates with the region of your brain that controls moods, motivation and fear. Adrenaline increases your heart rate, elevates your blood pressure and boosts your energy supplies while cortisol ( the number 1 stress hormone ) increases your sugars (glucose) in the bloodstream, alters immune system responses and suppresses your digestive system. This is when you feel extreme frustration, tension, stress and anxiety where your brain produces a combination of nerve and hormonal signals, which prompt your adrenal glands to produce a surge of hormones, including adrenaline and cortisol. You’re overloading your brain with information until it feels like your head is about to explode. This is when you’re training hard, pushing yourself to your limits. This is the first stage of the flow cycle.
Understanding these cycles can help you maintain and stay more often in flow. Today, I’ll be going to explain these states, or I’ll call it the 4 Flow Cycles, individually. In there, I also tackled about the 4 states of flow which are beneficial in hacking and maintaining the flow state. On my previous article entitled The Neuroscience of Flow State, I explained how elite and extreme sports athletes get into flow along with the Neurochemicals that are released during this state. What if I told you that there is a process to tap into your flow whenever you wanted? Sounds great? This is where hacking into the flow state occurs.
Familiar? Yes, most athletes who once tried being in the flow state find it hard to return to that wonderful state. You were there, in the zone, in the flow state, but then it shuts down and it was hard for you to get back. When was the last time you experience flow? Your answer might be the time when you were doing something that you loved and enjoyed while feeling that time just flew by.
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