Reflection
By hobimangs (twitter)
Author description: a yoonseok/sope soulmate!au where every day, you receive a text with a random sentence your soulmate has said out loud that day. it’s all fun and games until hobi gets a message that reads “ugh i fucking hate that jung hoseok guy’s guts”.
Group: BTS
Main ship: Sope
Other ships: Namkook, Taejinmin
Chapters: 378 (Complete)
Minimasterlist:
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Park Jimin really stimulates my vagus nerve.
That's not what you think it is.
Well yes, I'm only human too...
but that's not what I'm talking about here...
I'm talking about AWE.
Different from joy or admiration, awe is an emotional response to something - or someone - vastly impressive or beautiful or inspiring (or all of the above in the case of Park Jimin).
Awe is that "oh, wow" feeling.
Sometimes it's inspired by a feat of courage or a grand performance. Other times it's something so beautiful it makes you breathless (or both in the case of Park Jimin).
The key is that it is triggered by something that is outside of the everyday experience, maybe beyond understanding. It has to be mesmerising, remarkable, wonderful (or all of the above ...yeah you know where I'm going with this).
So what does this have to do with my vagus nerve?
I'm glad you asked!
The vagus nerve (no, thats not it. It means wandering) is the nerve that links your brain basically to the rest of your body. It reaches from your brain stem all the way through your abdomen.
The vagus nerve controls your automatic responses. This is the nervous system that's responsible for that swooping feeling in your belly (when you when you look at pictures of Park Jimin) as well as the racing of your heart (when you watch Park Jimin dance).
Your vagus nerve is active in both directions. Your brain will send messages to your body via the vagus nerve (fight or flight as an example) but you can also use it to reduce stress and anxiety. You can engave your vagus nerve to down-regulate your stress response.
How can you do that? One way is by experiencing awe.
I'm not making this up.
Scientific studies have proven this. Besides the rush of endorphins when you have that "oh wow' response, awe reduces the focus on yourself and shifts your perspective. That's good for your physical and emotional health for a bunch of reasons.**
So, looking at pictures of Park Jimin and watching him dance can improve your health?
Yes, that's right!
Ask your GP to prescribe a daily dose of Park Jimin for continued good health. Or take matters into your own hands and make him part of your daily self-care routine.
You can thank me later.
** https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/the-athletes-way/201705/awe-engages-your-vagus-nerve-and-can-combat-narcissism
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/08/23/awe-sciences-answer-to-your-search-for-happiness
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9301262/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10018061/#:~:text=Awe%2C%20then%2C%20is%20associated%20with,benefit%20mental%20and%20physical%20health
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About Jimin's dance...
"...Jimin blurs the boundaries between Western and Asian dance and also between classical and contemporary dance".
The Professor also used Jimin's legendary 'I Need You' solo stage performed at the 2019 MMAs in introducing the book in a lecture series by the Dance Studies Association. The book had other images of Jimin as well, such as when he was practicing the 'Black Swan' performances.
The book's author is Chuyun Oh, an Associate Professor of Dance at San Diego State University in US and a former professional dancer."
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https://twitter.com/JKRadioUpdater/status/1767677740830883980 not that jm needs their validation but its annoying how his own bandmates continue to ignore him being a main dancer and acting like jh is the only exceptional dancer in the group
I’ve just conceded that this just might be their fixed go to answer regarding that question tbh. (Not that it makes it any less irritating) My main gripe with this is that armys who already undermine jimin’s dancing abilities are gonna feel validated in doing so cause you know they make everything BTS say law and lack any objectivity.
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All I did was go out to eat lunch and came back to KING JIMIN serving me the best desert ever to the beat of my favorite FACE song.
I am forever grateful to his highness for such honor.
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