さて連休に突入していますが、最近すっかり増えてきたストレス性労働の数々・・・。人間の脳味噌では「海馬」と呼ばれる領域が、いわゆる論理的思考の場所だそうですが、この部分がフル動員されるのが公的申請などの対お役所業務。
もちろん言語を使ってやり取りをするわけですが、わたしのように情緒や雰囲気のような住宅空間をテーマにしてきた人間は、どちらかというとあいまい性の部分をどう表現するかと考える感受性言語志向。そういった志向とは、ほぼ正反対の脳の部分を動員することになる。
「えーっと、この文章はどういう事象を特定しているのか？」という基本的な部分が、法律などの文言、きわめて限定性の高い言葉で埋め尽くされている。主語と述語、修飾語の間に寸分も拡散性のない文章が羅列されている。凡人的海馬をフル動員しても、なかなか整理整頓できない。
チコちゃんに叱られるように「ボーッと」生きてきたことがいまさらのように悔やまれる（泣）。

ということで、ここのところ継続している食習慣改善努力にはマイナス。たぶん人間は論理限定性の高い領域を長時間活動させ続けると、本能的に「無性に食欲が高まる」。
ほかにもイライラ要因が高まる事柄があり、ストレスMAX状態がやってきて、いまの食生活改善行動に強烈な破壊的圧力が加わってくる（笑）。「もういい、好きにしろ」みたいな爆発性欲求がこころの内部に芽生えてくる。たぶん、図のような海馬周辺に異常な血流増加があって過熱ヒートアップし、我慢するとか、抑制するという脳の働きが攻撃されるのではないか。
上の写真は食事改善中に唯一食べたにぎり寿司。最近わたしのにぎり寿司はシャリ少なめが基本でなるべく小さく、女性に合わせるように（カミさんの好み）握っているのですが、この外食寿司ではシャリがどんと大きく、ネタも肉厚たっぷり感で迫ってきていた。
これでもか、と過食を唆すような姿カタチ。メニューではホントはこのほかにそばもセットされていた（笑）。ただ、このときは前後の食事はごく控えめだっし、また休日と言うこともあり、全体としては抑制が効いていた。
過熱する海馬領域と必死で自己抑制の戦いを繰り広げておりますが、食事改善の戦い、始めてから20日あまり。そろそろ本格的な関ヶ原が見えてきたようであります。
ストレスと食欲の抑制、なんとか頑張りたい。さて、自分は信じられるか。

English version⬇

[It’s the trough of a holiday weekend, but stress fatigue has struck hard (tears).
The Sekigahara decisive battle of the battle for better diet is approaching. The summit battle between appetite and inhibitions that are about to erupt. …

Now that the holidays are upon us, the number of stressful labors that have been completely increasing lately…. In the human brain, the area called “hippocampus” is said to be the place for logical thinking, and this area is fully mobilized in official applications and other bureaucratic work.
Of course, we communicate using language, but people like me, who have focused on the theme of residential space, such as emotion and atmosphere, are more susceptible to language, thinking about how to express ambiguity. This is almost the opposite of that kind of orientation, and it mobilizes the part of the brain that is the opposite of that.
The basic part of the brain that says, “Well, what event does this sentence identify?” The basic part of the brain that says, “Well, what is this sentence specifying?” is filled with extremely restrictive language, language such as laws. The sentences are listed without the slightest diffusion between subject, predicate, and modifier. Even if you mobilize your mediocre hippocampus to the fullest, it is difficult to keep things in order.
I regret that I have been living “in a daze,” as Chico would scold me (tears).

So, this is a negative for the efforts to improve eating habits that have been ongoing for some time now. Perhaps humans instinctively have an “irresistible appetite” when they keep a highly logical and limited area active for a long period of time.
There are other matters that increase the frustration factor, and the stress maximal state comes in and adds intense destructive pressure to the current dietary habit improvement behavior (laughs). (Laughs.) Explosive desires like, “Enough, do as you please,” sprout inside the mind. Perhaps there is an abnormal increase in blood flow around the hippocampus as shown in the figure, which causes overheating and attacks the brain’s functions of endurance and inhibition.
The photo above is the only nigiri-zushi I ate during my diet improvement. Recently, I have been making nigiri-zushi with a smaller rice ball to suit women (my wife’s preference), but at this sushi restaurant, the rice ball was huge, and the ingredients were thick and filling.
The sushi at this sushi restaurant had a large rice and the ingredients were thick and filling, as if to suggest overeating. The menu actually included soba noodles as well (laugh). However, the meal before and after was very moderate, and it was also a holiday, so the overall effect was restrained.
I have been fighting a desperate battle of self-control against the overheated hippocampus area, and it has been more than 20 days since I started this battle to improve my diet. It has been more than 20 days since I started the battle to improve my diet, and it seems that I am about to see the real battlefield.
I want to do my best to control stress and appetite. Now, can I believe in myself?

Posted on 5月 2nd, 2023 by 三木 奎吾
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