How to Turn off the Fight/Flight/Freeze Response: Anxiety Skills #4

This is the channel I have been looking for. A well explained straight to the point exercise on decreasing anxiety. Great job!

I'm practicing this for myself. As I can almost never behave in a social environment, and miss so many great opportunities.

As a child true fear of dogs would freeze me. As an adult I forgot how to fear anything. The very sense of fear angers me now and I face it headlong.

Extremely helpful

In confrontational situations I have experienced gripping back pain which is more concerning than the situation I'm in! As I get older the more obvious it is that I need to find peace but its hard when you're surrounded by troubled people who, unable to find peace want to destroy yours.

To calm an anxious horse you need to get control of the hind feet. We may have bigger brains but basically we're the same.

That discolored lamp shade gives me anxiety

I had to LOL when she said we can't tell ourselves "Don't be anxious, don't be anxious!". I have tried that a billion times and it never works.

My fight response is always turned on which has caused soooo many issues in my own life, in the life of my current spouse, in the life of my ex spouse, in the lives of my kids and my family.

I don't know when it got switched on....but it's not only switched on, that switch is super glued, bolted and screwed into the 'on' position and has actually caused me heart problems now. I can't ever relax, I can't ever sleep well, I can't even sit down and have our loving kitty on my lap or chest without anxiety kicking in. Like, who does that? It's a cat...she just wants to love on me.

I truly need some kind of trauma counseling or something.

I really love her page and so glad i found it

Awesome 👏

Thank you for creating this - such a great resource to share.

Are u serious with that spider? I love u but that was unnecessary. Triggered me like hell

Your body feels like very brittle glass, not only if it's hard to move or straight-up not possible, you don't feel your skin anymore, you are worried that if you do, you'll do more damage.

You might not even be thinking that in your head, but your body WILL. Either way your body wont even move when you want it to, say the things you want, but you're just trapped inside your own head.

Thank you for this video. By the way, I'll see if it can help me out, even if it don't thanks anyway 👍

Why in the hell would you choose a picture of a turantula?

Thank you!!!❤

If only it were a person who made this occur that were to then help to make you feel safe instead of run and never return after your freeze response, it would have been not only nice but helpful and maybe life changing to the positive for both! It does not always have to be in light of a negative for the duration. Good grief!

Do not run from tigers.

Great video. Good job. This is a nice no nonsense kind of response to anxiety. Do you do video/FaceTime coaching sessions?

You are amazing

Thank you for sharing important information It has helped me a lot

How does one manage "while" being in fear, as in before its over? Im thinking of fear of flying... how can you calm down or become calm when/if you dont perceive youself to be safe?

summary in 1 line: grounding by mindfulness and using a sutra. the end

I love the videos. They are really helpful. Most of my music students are with me as they have ADHD or other challenges and their doctor referred to take music classes. Now I know whom I am gonna suggest them to for online sessions.
The fact that you are a member of the LDS family makes me very happy. Love from India.

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Anyone else hear a plastic bag

Excelente video, doctora 👌 Muy bien explicado 👍

I'm looking for the opposite, I'm always too calm, how do I safely trigger the fight-flight response or the sympathetic system?

these comments are really helpful. i always come back to your videos when im feeling awful❤

The only channel i trust.
The only channel that actually helps

Can I ask if you have a video with how you apply practically the poly vagal theory in healing trauma I have heard a lot about it but I still do not get it how to apply it

can you talk about 3pd, or if l theanine inhibits healing

I understand that freezing doesn’t sound real scary, but it’s terrifying! Almost as if nothing is real at all for a few seconds

The bad think, that i clicked this video few years ago accidentally and didn't watch, ans said i would never have to watch this kind of video,
Now I'm here

Thank you so much for Therapy in a Nutshell.

"Fight, Flight or Freeze" feeling always hits me whenever I go to some places far from home. Somebody tell me what to do to overcome it... 😔

Thank you so much for all the videos you do x

Good

I would really like to know how to get out of the bad habit of fight or flight at night. I hear any small noise and I'm up straight away because of the sudden anxiety in my stomach even though I know I'm safe. Then I cant fall asleep for ages 😩

What are you noticing with your body? What are you noticing with your breath? Whats happening with your feelings? Whats happening with your thoughts?

My god... GET TO IT

It's actually 4F: Fight/Flight/Freeze/Procreate.

My fight and flight response is so strong i need this becuase if somebody spooks me i will punch or run away.

Could you do a children's version? Like your explaining to a 11 year old? I'd love to help my daughter but I'm not sure she'll follow all of the explanations. Thank you

What was the grounding method? You never actually said?

You may think something wrong with me but I was at camp at the age of 14 years old and they played a trick on me and turned my grandmother was on the phone and I had to go to the phone to talk to or something important. This was at 11 o’clock at night and I’m walking through the woods with my flashlight from the cabin to the cottage where the phone is because back in the 80s I’m 60 years old this guy jumps out from behind a tree was ugly moaning, growing coming at me. They played this prank on me. The kids at it at the camp told us stories about old man Logan‘s grave. My brother warned him don’t play with my brother he ain’t gonna run he gonna knock your ass out. They didn’t believe them they came out well you came out of the woods, looking like a bear, I’ll turn the flashlight around with a battery for At ran up to the bear and jumped on top of the bear and beat the hell off the bear until he has a tow up he had that pull me off of him, and he had to go to hospital came back with a patch die messed him up pretty bad. I feel bad about it but I don’t feel bad about it my brother warned you. So we don’t all run. 😅

1.)I just finished a semester exam,
2.)Am excited for a new chapter in my life and
3.)just when am about to go bed I see a roach ….(took me an 1hr to find it again and kill it )

I’ve been in this mode for 4 hr now…. I JUST WANT TO GO TO BEDDDDDD !!!!

thanks, good video

Interesting

Were can i find the video with the practice?

Thank you so much for these videos!!!!