Get Expert Support for Anxiety Issues
Anxiety Issues is a physical and emotional response to a perceived threat that initiates the release of stress hormones (adrenalin and noradrenalin), delivering an energy boost that drives the age-old natural fight-or-flight response, increasing the likelihood of survival in a life-threatening circumstance. Stress hormones boost your breathing and heart rate to pump blood and oxygen to muscles in your arms and legs, as well as stimulate sweat glands, which are necessary to keep your body from overheating. Those functions, such as the digestive and reproductive systems, that are not required for immediate survival are also turned off.
The fight flight response
The fight-or-flight response is a physiological reflex that occurs automatically. A survival response that is hardwired, adaptive, and successful. This response can benefit us if we are threatened by someone hostile, speed up our reactions to avert a dangerous road traffic collision, or offer us an advantage on the sports field or at work.
Because the stress response does not distinguish between actual “real” threat and perceived threat, different people will react to the same, as well as a range of different, life situations/events with varying amounts of worry. Most of us, for example, will experience a typical degree of anticipatory or performance anxiety in the weeks leading up to an exam or job interview, pushing us to study, reducing worry, and improve performance.
