Advance Integrated Methods

WHAT IS FIGHT OR FLIGHT? Fight or flight physiology is the body’s natural alarm system that indicates that there may be a danger present. Unfortunately, evolution dictates, because is it better to respond to something that isn’t threatening than to not respond to something that is threatening, our brain is unable to differentiate between actual and perceived threats. When we go into the fight or flight state a chemical is released in the brain that shuts down communication with the frontal lobes, the ‘thinking’ part, because if it is a life or death situation we just want to be able to react, not stop and think about it (this is what can cause PTSD but I’ll explain that another time). In order for our bodies to react we need to get the energy to the extremities so our heart rate increases to pump the blood out to the arms and legs in preparation to run or fight. We don’t need to waste energy digesting food, so our bodies evacuate anything in the duodenum or oesophagus, fe

Worry Just Makes You Feel Anxious Many of us worry about things that have not yet happened; this may result in feelings of stress, caused by the release of hormones due to the body going into fight or flight. Fight or flight physiology is the body’s natural alarm system that indicates that there is a danger present. Unfortunately, evolution dictates, because is it better to respond to something that isn’t threatening than to not respond to something that is threatening, our brain is unable to differentiate between actual and perceived threats. Something as simple as a thought (or worry) can trigger fight or flight. When we go into the fight or flight state a chemical is released in the brain that shuts down communication with the frontal lobes, the ‘thinking’ part, because if it is a life or death situation we just want to be able to react, not stop and think about it. In order for our bodies to react we need to get the energy to the extremities so our heart rate increas