What decreases excitement?

Awareness is important, look for signs that make you aware about your over-excitement. You could be more talkative, aggressive, demanding, and generally don’t feel as grounded. Step outside if over-excitement is making you anxious, a sudden high in hormones can make you pretty anxious. If you feel breathless, then step out of your premises, inhale fresh air, and expose yourself to sunlight, this will help you calm down. Practice meditation and breathing exercises, meditation will help you to calm down, because at times, too much excitement can be awkward. And as we have discussed, over-excitement can amp up your heart rate, so breathing exercises will come in handy. Indulge your senses, listen to some music, look at different colours, eat something or drink water, and move around. Practise balancing your emotions, even otherwise in your daily life, the mind has to be trained to not vacillate between highs and lows. Using a detached approach towards your emotions, observing them as an outsider without judgment, can help in this process.

So the way we approach the feeling of excitement is actually not that different to the way we approach a feeling of anxiety. We tend to chase after it, we tend to be happy kind of chasing after those thoughts and being involved in that conversation in our own mind. Either way, whether we're chasing after thoughts or resisting thoughts, we're still creating more chatter in the mind, and that chatter is preventing the mind from calming down. Excitement has to be driven by a conversation, at some stage there has been a thought or a chain of thoughts which has created or stimulated that feeling of excitement and it's only sustained kind of by giving it more attention. So as soon as we've seen that and we've let go of it and we've come back, of course, absolutely fine just to sit there and to experience the feeling of excitement, to be present with it, to enjoy it, but not to encourage it.

Kids need self-control to keep their excitement in check. They don’t all develop this skill at the same rate, though. Many kids with ADHD struggle with self-control. Sensory processing challenges can also lead kids to getting overexcited. They get overwhelmed by input that comes in through their senses, which can make them overexcited. Once kids get overexcited, though, it can have the opposite effect.

One of the main reasons why excitement decreases as we get older is due to a decrease in novelty. When we are young, everything is new and exciting. As we age, however, we become accustomed to the world around us. We have seen and experienced so much that nothing seems new anymore. This can make life feel mundane and lacking in excitement. Another factor that contributes to the decrease in excitement as we age is a decrease in dopamine levels. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that is responsible for feelings of pleasure and reward. However, as we age, our brain’s ability to produce dopamine decreases, which means that we don’t experience the same level of pleasure and excitement from activities that used to excite us. Furthermore, as we age, we tend to become more risk-averse. This is because we have more to lose and less time to recover from setbacks. As we age, we tend to become more focused on our responsibilities and obligations. We have jobs, families, and other commitments that take up a lot of our time and energy. This can leave us with less time and energy for leisure activities that might bring us excitement. Additionally, as we age, we tend to develop more stable and predictable routines. While routines can be helpful in reducing stress and anxiety, they can also lead to a sense of monotony and boredom. Society tends to view excitement and thrill-seeking behaviors as childish and immature. As a result, many people feel pressure to conform to societal expectations and suppress their desire for excitement and adventure.