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Maria Gosula Gina Kuang Rosalita Maldonado Qi Zhang COGS 175 5.31.06

Maria Gosula Gina Kuang Rosalita Maldonado Qi Zhang COGS 175 5.31.06. Presentation Outline. Introduction - Gina Physiology - Qi Psychology - Maria Conclusion - Rosy. What is an Adrenaline Junkie?. Someone who is looking for the feeling of a rush

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Maria Gosula Gina Kuang Rosalita Maldonado Qi Zhang COGS 175 5.31.06

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  1. Maria Gosula Gina Kuang Rosalita Maldonado Qi Zhang COGS 175 5.31.06

  2. Presentation Outline • Introduction - Gina • Physiology - Qi • Psychology - Maria • Conclusion - Rosy

  3. What is an Adrenaline Junkie? • Someone who is looking for the feeling of a rush • ‘Type-A’ personalities that are addicted to the stimulation and arousal of adrenaline • Stress-induced adrenaline high

  4. Types of Adrenaline Addiction • Stress as an adrenaline addiction • Used to repress conscious that comes from feelings of loss, abandonment • Intense high • “rush” from high risk activities

  5. Adrenaline Addict Types • The Accomplisher • The Personal Deflector • The Organizational Deflector • The Dramatist

  6. Adrenaline Rush Activities • Skydiving • Surfing • Kayaking • Bungee Jumping • Rock Climbing • Hang Gliding • Gambling • Arguing • ER Doctors

  7. Alternate State of Consciousness • “Rush” • Causes desired physiological and psychological effects • Anger, fear, guilt, worry  produce adrenaline hormone

  8. Crash • Coming down from a rush phase… • crave for another rush • If unable to participate, experience feelings of depression

  9. Physiology

  10. What is Adrenaline (C9H13NO3) ? • Catecholamine • belongs to the family of biogenic amines • A hormone and a neurotransmitter • Enzymes responsible for fast degradation of Adrenaline 1. Catecholamine-O-methyltransferase (COMT) 2. Monoaminoxidase (MAO)

  11. Adrenaline as an Internal DrugEffects of the Adrenal Gland • Hyperarousal • Increased blood flow • Heightened pulse rate • Increased physical performance

  12. Brain During StressSubcortical Fight or Flight Areas • Subcortical Fight or Flight areas includes thalamus, hippocampus, brainstem, and hypothalamus • Mobilize body for action • Bypass frontal executive functioning and trigger stress response

  13. Adrenaline and Addiction • Adrenaline rush followed by release of endorphins • Leads to increase in endorphin receptor sites via synaptic plasticity • Extreme risk takers tend to have 1/3 less MAO than average person • Mechanism for chemical addiction?

  14. Psychology and Reports

  15. Parachuting or Skydiving • 200 years • WWI & WWII • Definition • Breaking free from a free-fall from a height using a parachute • Types • Blade running, Canopy piloting, Skysurfing • Skills • Basic safety, free fall maneuvers, parachute operation, and landing

  16. Safety • Statistics • Risk Factors • Inexperience • Misuse of equipment • Hundred Jump Wonders • 100-500 jumps • Most dangerous period • Changing wind conditions • Equipment failure • Rare cause of injury and fatalities

  17. Reports • Leonardo DaVinci • “When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.” • Shelley’s “amazing experience” • “I was falling at 120mph screaming with excitement all the way, it was thrilling and very noisy! Once my instructor deployed the parachute it was like the whole world had gone quiet. We were able to float and twist using the parachute, it felt so calm and surreal.” • After landing: "It’s just such a rush. Definitely the most exhilarating experience I’ve ever had. Just talking about it makes me want to do it again. I’d say to anyone who has ever wanted to do it, sign up, you won't regret.”

  18. Skydiving and Addiction • The “Rush” • Diagnosis • Hard to draw precise line • Skydiving: • sport or same as drug addiction? • Drug addiction definition • “Anhedonia” study among skydivers (Franken, Zijlstra, Muris, 2005)

  19. Treatments • Why seek treatment? • Adrenaline Addicts Anonymous • 12 Steps

  20. Conclusion

  21. A True Addiction? • Key elements of addiction present in adrenaline junkies’ behaviors • ASC causes desirable physiological and psychological effects • Altered state disappears, leads to “crash” • Disappointment and depression • Crash phase  craving for another rush

  22. Individual Differences • Hooked on an adrenaline rush • Seeking for the “rush” • Different activities

  23. Levels of Addiction • Less to more severe • Intensity may progress with time • No formal diagnosis • Drawing the line • Risky behaviors • Social and occupational dysfunction • Society benefits from this ASC

  24. ASC’s and Adrenaline Junkies • Adrenaline rush one of many ASC’s • Motivated to seek new experiences • Global change in one’s consciousness • Experience bigger than self • Adrenaline Junkies appeal • Cheating death

  25. References • Sanchez, X., Journal of Sports Sciences 23.2 (Feb.2005) 164-165 • Meadows, L. Adrenaline Addicts Anonymous, Reno, NV, 1995 • Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biology Psychiatry 30 (2006) 297-300 • Schedlowski M et al. Psychophysiological, neuroendocrine and cellular immune reactions under psychological stress. Neuopsychobiology. 1993;28(1-2):87-90. J. Clin Immunol. Mar 1993; 13(2):119:29 • Wong, DL., Epinephrine Biosynthesis: Hormonal and Neural Control During Stress. Cell Mol Neurobiol. 2006 Apr 28; • Meyer G, Schwertfeger J, Exton MS, Janssen OE, Knapp W, Stadler MA, Schedlowski M, Kruger TH., Neuroendocrine response to casino gambling in problem gamblers. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2004 Nov;29(10):1272-80. • Townsend Letter for Doctors & Patients –August/September 2005 • Ontario Science Centre, www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/imax • Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skydiving, 2006 • Adrenaline Addiction Info & Articles, Reno, NV, http://www.adrenalineaddicts.org/articles.php, 2003 • Answers.com, http://www.answers.com/topic/adrenaline-junkie

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