An email this morning caused an adrenaline rush. At least I think it was that chemical—there could have been others. But in any case, after that I was brain dead. My mind was useless. I couldn’t concentrate on my usual Japanese. It was the old ‘revert back to the reptilian brain when under stress’.
Therefore, Krashen’s Affective Filter hypothesis doesn’t really need proving. It goes without saying.
For much of my life, I’ve tended to operate in a chronically tense state. Small wonder then that I didn’t do well at languages at school.
But now I’m calm and collected.
Today: J2 D2 F1 Sp 1
Total: J86 D59 G25 Sp15 P14 F5
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