The trick of an anxiety attack is the same as the trick of a scary movie. You experience discomfort, and respond as if it were danger. This is the key to what gives an anxiety attack its power to terrify you. What's good for danger? It's the traditional Fight, Flight, and Freeze...
Anxiety is a natural reaction to stress or threat. In fact, it's likely a hard-wired safety response – part of the "fight or flight" instinct. When we or someone we care about is at risk, our brain prioritizes the danger and focuses its energy on beating it. Complex thinking processe...
If you find yourself nervous, recognise that this is what you are feeling and let it be, rather than try to fight it and find ways not to be nervous. This won't reduce the initial nervousness, but it will stop you from feeling additional stress or anxiety because you're nervous (many...
There are generally two kinds of stress responses that your body chooses when you get nervous or have an anxiety attack: flight or fight. If your body experiences these responses too often, it may take a toll on your overall mental health. The best tip to control these emotions is to real...
What’s the difference between a panic attack and an anxiety attack? While panic attacks and anxiety attacks are alike in some ways, they also have distinct differences that should be taken into consideration when it comes to treatment. The hallmark characterisitic of a panic attack ...
it is unable to be determined why one person may experience migraines and another does not. However, it has been shown that there is a correlation between migraines and anxiety. This article explores migraines and anxiety and discusses potential ways to fight anxiety to help relieve your ...
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When people experience the fear of a panic attack, or a phobic encounter, or an obsessive thought, they instinctively treat it as a danger. They try to protect themselves, with some variation of Fight, Flight, or Freeze. How People Get TrickedPeople...
Of course a massage feels fantastic, but it’s also recognized as an integrative medicine technique, and often recommended to treat anxiety and insomnia caused by stress. Therapeutic massage relieves muscle tension, improves circulation, and helps lower the fight-or-flight response that’s typically...
The crack of the twig left her anxious but alert to danger. “And then her body is (in) the fight-or-flight response,” she said. “That same response, including all of the fight-or-flight (reaction), gets activated when we look at the news, when we look at social media, at what...