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What is inhibition?
The amount to which you hold back or control a behavior or impulse consciously or subconsciously.
What causes low inhibition
1. Nature
2. Early life (Nurture)
3. Society
What can lower inhibition?
Add on, 3.1 early social hierarchy
3.2 what causes lower social status
Tldr: its likely genetic and how you were treated as a child, you can change it by just exposing yourself to more things and being more dominant and having more skills.
Sources
www.frontiersin.org
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
www.nature.com
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3768102/ (I dint add this but its about how sleep can also affect inhibition)
The amount to which you hold back or control a behavior or impulse consciously or subconsciously.
What causes low inhibition
1. Innate nature
2. Nurture
3. Society
2. Nurture
3. Society
1. Nature
• Temperamental inhibition (~40–50% heritable)
• Self-control (~50–60% heritable)
• Impulsivity (~40–60% heritable)
• Self-control (~50–60% heritable)
• Impulsivity (~40–60% heritable)
2. Early life (Nurture)
Absence or presence of maternal activity in early life is linked to changes in prefrontal cortex (which helps manage thinking and emotions) Childhood adversity (physical abuse, neglect, food insecurity, violence) is estimated to account for up to 45% of child-onset and 32% of adult-onset mental health disorders. Studies show, early inhibition of PFC caused memory problems, worse cognitive performance, brain changes till adulthood. Early onset stress acts in the same way.
3. Society
Children surrounded by peers with high self-control later show higher self-control themselves. Positive/Negetive peer feedback affects emotional and self control aswell. The presence of peers increases risk taking among adolescents, the presence of peers may sensitize the incentive processing system to respond to cues signaling the potential rewards of risky behavior.
What can lower inhibition?
Exposure-based cognitive-behaviour therapy (CBT) for anxiety disorders is an effective intervention. It involves exposure to fear-provoking situations to dispute expectations causing said inhibition. CBT significantly alters patterns of neural connectivity aswell. CBT is usually accessible through therapy, although CBT is more complex than just exposure therapy, a big part of it is exposure. You can do it yourself by just talking to more people and facing your fears. Id recommend therapy if you want anxiety meds.
Add on, 3.1 early social hierarchy
Low social status makes the amygdala hyperactive, which causes more anxiety as you become more sensitive. Chronic stress and weaker PFC activity as stated earlier makes emotions harder to regulate and fear will become hard to override. Less social interactions also lowers motivation. Altered serotonin signaling causes more submissive and anxiety ridden behaviour.
3.2 what causes lower social status
Socioeconomic background, high inhibition, submissive appearance, family sociolization, reputation all has a an effect on such. Neuro divergence also has a role in it.
Dominance based status is usually dependent on how assertive and intimidating you are wheares, respect based status usually comes from skills and intelligence.
Dominance based status is usually dependent on how assertive and intimidating you are wheares, respect based status usually comes from skills and intelligence.
Tldr: its likely genetic and how you were treated as a child, you can change it by just exposing yourself to more things and being more dominant and having more skills.
Sources
Frontiers | The Behavioral Inhibition System/Behavioral Activation System Scales: Measurement Invariance Across Gender in Chinese University Students
Objectives: To identify the optimal factor structure of the behavioral inhibition system/behavioral activation system (BIS/BAS) scales and to examine measure...
www.frontiersin.org
Interaction Effects of Behavioral Inhibition System/Behavioral Activation System and Cost/Probability Biases on Social Anxiety - PubMed
The study found interesting results with respect to the avoidance of social events. Low-BAS individuals with high cost or low probability biases regarding social events may have a tendency to avoid social events. In contrast, if high-BAS individuals overestimate the cost of social events or...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Behavioral Activation and Behavioral Inhibition: An examination of function in chronic pain - PMC
To examine the BIS-BAS model of chronic pain. This model posits that 2 neurophysiological systems - the behavioral inhibition system (BIS) sensitized to and activated by punishment cues and the behavioral activation system (BAS) sensitized to and ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Early effects of exposure-based cognitive behaviour therapy on the neural correlates of anxiety - Translational Psychiatry
Exposure-based cognitive-behaviour therapy (CBT) for anxiety disorders is an effective intervention, but the brain mechanisms driving recovery are largely unknown. In this experimental medicine study, we investigated to what degree CBT affects neural markers of anxiety at an early stage of...
www.nature.com
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