The Fight or Flight Response and What Happens During Amygdala Hijack

Can you remember the last time you were nervous or angry? Perhaps you felt red-faced or that your pulse was racing? What you were feeling was a psychological threat state, known as the fight or flight response. Whether it was a physical, social or emotional threat, the physiological symptoms and psychological response would have been similar. Physiologically, when feeling in a threat state, it is common to experience an increased heart rate, shortness of breath, faintness, a dry mouth, sweating and hot flushes, an upset stomach and tense or trembling muscles. These changes in our bodies, created by the fight-or-flight response, can help us when we face a physical threat as they are preparing the body to do exactly that – to face and combat the risk or to run away as fast as possible. The challenge is that we also experience these same symptoms in social situations and in those cases the changes in the body and mind can be detrimental. The video explains more about how this happens and you can also find more information by following this link to the related article: https://therightquestions.co/how-to-u... This animation was created with VideoScribe: https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?s=292...