“‘Adrenaline poisoning,’ one of my doctors had called these surges of anxiety that had troubled me since childhood. The doctors explained that, for reasons they could not understand, my body seemed to think it was in a constant state of danger. One of the specialists my aunt consulted explained earnestly that it was a biochemical leftover from hunter-gatherer days. I’d be all right so long as I rid my bloodstream of the adrenaline load… Since then I’d tried medication and meditation, but nothing was better for keeping panic at bay than physical activity.”
Deborah Harkness. “A Discovery of Witches.” Published by Penguin Books in 2011.
This book was leant to me by an older woman i affectionately referred to as “the kitchen mom” at a previous place of work in the year 2020.
The more you know.