When faced with stress or danger, the body’s natural response is often to enter a state of fight, flight, or freeze. While much attention has been given to strategies for moving out of the fight or flight response, less focus has been placed on the freeze response. The freeze response occurs when the body perceives …
Navigating Panic Attacks: Understanding, Coping, and Finding Solid Ground Panic attacks can be an overwhelming and frightening experience, often leaving those who experience them feeling a loss of control and disconnected from reality. This heightened state of anxiety triggers the body’s natural fight-or-flight response, engaging the nervous system in a cascade of physiological reactions. Understanding …
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People go about their lives feeling anxious and not knowing what they’re experiencing. That might be due to cultural reasons, lack of access to mental health information, or being consistently told by others that “it’s all in your head.” Well, it’s actually not. And here’s why. Our brains are wired for survival, so throughout the …
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy, also known as EMDR, is a type of psychotherapy that has been proven to be effective for treating emotional trauma. If you are considering EMDR therapy, you may be wondering what to expect from your sessions. In this article, we’ll discuss the basics of EMDR and what you can …
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To be clear, anxiety is an emotion that all humans experience throughout their life. As humans, we typically fear being rejected, being unloved, being unseen or unheard, and not being good enough. So, it’s very possible that your anxiety stems from one of those very natural and common human fears. There’s no “one size fits …
As children, we’re learning about ourselves, relationships, the world, and everything in between. Everything is new to us and we highly depend on our parents to teach us what we need to know. We have basic needs like shelter, clothing, food, water, and physical safety. We have needs to emotionally connect with our parents and …