We all experience fight, flight, freeze, and fawn, but for those with trauma history, these responses to stress can become ...

The experience of anxiety is normal and a part of all human life. It provides useful information that helps prepare us for and protect us from harm or threat. Stress, fear, and danger trigger a ...

The human stress response represents a sophisticated biological system designed to help individuals survive immediate threats through rapid physiological changes that enhance performance and ...

Fight or flight are not the only common responses to a traumatic event. I addressed this a bit in a column published on November 22, 2022 explaining that some authors describe “4 F’s”: fight, flight, ...

Chronic stress rewires the body’s alarm system. Experts share the small, science-backed ways to help it reset.

A few weeks ago, we discussed cortisol, so I wanted to spend this week exploring the nervous system and the vagus nerve. As a dietitian and yoga teacher, the nervous ...

To stop a panic attack, try coping strategies like breathing techniques, therapy, and medication.

Fear affects the decisions we make, the actions we take, and the lives we create. Recognizing fear and knowing how to handle it are among the most important skills we can learn. To deal with fearful ...

Driven by your sympathetic nervous system, the body's natural fight-or-flight response is something many of us have experienced at one time or another, at least according to experts from the Cleveland ...

While therapy and medication are valuable tools against anxiety; there's a powerful, ancient practice gaining modern ...

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