Threat vs challenge responses

Anxiety is a healthy response. When we detect a threat, our bodies respond with a fight-or-flight response to protect us. Our heart beats faster, and we breathe more quickly to get more oxygen to our muscles. We get a dry mouth, and our stomach turns.

Misinterpretation of these bodily sens...

• Also known as Acute Stress Response, the fight-or-flight response is a physiological reaction when we are mentally or physically terrified.
• A stressful or terrifying situation triggers hormones that prepare our body to stay or either deal with the ...

Our autonomic nervous system is constantly scanning our internal and external environment for signs of danger. If it detects a threat, its next strategy is the fight or flight response which we often feel as anxiety.

Sometimes the threat is so bad or goes on for so long, that the nervous ...