Love you all. "Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation present your requests to God by prayer with thanksgiving. And the peace of God which transcends all understanding shall guard your minds and hearts in Christ Jesus." Phil 4:6-7
Something extremely helpful for me was seeing less privileged people and helping those in need seeing people in actual danger remind me to count my blessings so in a way being thankful for where you are and what you have endured and came out the other end as something I’d advise everyone to try
Monitoring my cognitive faults and calling out myself when I’m falling down the rabbit hole helps I had no idea this video was so helpful and from someone who has prolonged PTSD and that causing Neurodivergens ADHD and social anxiety watching my triggers isn’t really helpful but I think sticking to a routine gives enough structure to feel safe
Even as a long term meditation practitioner(thirty years this fall), I still experience fight and flight reactions when stressed. In my case this has been manifest in panic attacks(the flee response) or bad tension headaches(the fight response). I wouldn't be surprised if I was born with an enlarged amygdala(something a neurological study uncovered resulting from stressed out pregnant mothers sending cortisol to their newborns). But the meditation and breathing exercises haven't really worked to offset the fight/flight response. I learned twenty years ago from a psychiatrist that if one is hardwired this way, it's a tall order to offset what the Limbic system does. But for headaches I found Gabapentin worked which was prescribed by a neurologist.
I reduced my panic attacks when I stopped being afraid of and resisting them. I still have panic attacks sometimes, but they're no where near as bad as they used to be.
I just came across your channel over the Christmas holidays when I had a bad couple weeks, like really bad anxiety. I am so grateful to have found you, I have been questioning so many things lately and I am amazed how you answered some of those exact questions. I love you are in Vacouver/Burnaby, my Son lives there and we love to visit, your helping my desire to learn about anxiety so much easier. THANK YOU.
So glad you found my channel! If you live in BC, we offer online therapy sessions to treat anxiety. Don’t hesitate to call and make a free consultation appointment 778-990-5491
Mindfulness strategies specifically for anxiety? I can do that! I’ve started down this road a bit with these two videos: th-cam.com/video/C3rt0UsvMPw/w-d-xo.html and th-cam.com/video/EEauOjtgIjg/w-d-xo.html. Hope you can have a look! I’m going to be including more experiential/follow-along videos in the future.
REMEMBER this advise has to do when your NOT in danger. All three responses ARE instinctual responses to danger. And as such have a reason for your brain's resort to those responses in time of danger. All three are normal responses.....but outside of danger this is when it becomes a problem.
Can you also experience sort of an adrelanine rush trough your chest when you have sudden stress (fight or flight)? Because that's what happens with me and I also notice that I feel multiple fight or flight responses when I am in a stressfull situation. and even after that whole situation if I'm at home after that my body still has these adrenaline rushes when there isn't even something to be stressed out about. It goes away until I get in a stressful situation again. I also have a hard time breathing when I'm stressed because then I begin to breathe shallow and I get used to it so when I try to take a deep breath I feel like I can't reach it and like I can't get enough oxygen. Thank you for this video! It has helped me understand what I'm struggling with!
So glad you found my channel!! ❤️Yes, your experiences sound dead on with the fight, flight, freeze response. What I didn't cover in this video is the whole added layer of our social influences. Depending on lived experiences, some of us respond to these physical sensation with anger, some with fear, and some of us have learned to harness the energy we have in an adaptive way. Example: I'm a procrastinator, but I'm also a perfectionist. When it gets down to the wire on a deadline I feel the fight/flight response and have learned to focus it on powering through my task. Is it comfortable? No and I usually crash after, but it also doesn't cause me anxious distress anymore. There's a sweet spot where stress can be motivating and beyond that it can turn to anxiety.
Kevin, have you let your doctor know you’re experiencing this concern? Working one on one with a therapist could also be helpful to address the fear of sleep you have. Unfortunately, poor sleep can make feeling of anxiety worse.
Thanks for you video. I am always in Fight and Flight mode thinking too much about death. I get so worried about dying one day. How do I stop this pain in my head. Constant overthinking is burning my head alot
@@ParallelWellness so what is really is going on in my mind. I am this thought always in my mind wehen i wake up. I mean i love live and would love to exist here foin Earth for ever.
Thank you Gaina, this is a great idea! It’s so important that we’re informed about the medication options we have, when they can be helpful and what to expect from taking them.
Hello. I've been in the fight flight for 5 weeks and now not focusing on everyday things. I started a new job mid July and my anxiety started when I felt overwhelmed with work. My manager tried to reduce the workload but the trigger had already gone off and I just had a holiday and the thoughts took over me. I have depressed symtoms too, low mood not sleeping, sweating and constant negative thoughts. I'm off sick this week but I'm even more stressed now because of this sickness. My thoughts have increased to shame, embarrassment, letting people down. I'm in so much pain and my life is passing me by. I have an appointment with a Councillor on Thursday but it's so far away and my manager will be in touch with me Monday followed by gp Wed. I'm struggling to cope. Will I be able to turn off the fight flight response.
Hi Paula! how u been lately? i'd love to know about how u doing now and if u got out of it, how was it? I'm stuck in the FFF mode and it's been already 2+ months. I'd love to know, please HELP.
it tookme almost two years to let the frequem urination inn and goes, after that i started to have mussle pain and now rining in the ears, just swicht the symptoms, and i am like when the rining ends then what :/ i know that the other symptoms goes just like i did with that FU but this new one its really anoying
Would love to know more about your experience! For some people, the experience of anxiety is so intolerable that they dissociate from the feelings in their body, emotions and thoughts. It’s effective in the moment, but also prevents us from learning our way through the emotions and more effective coping. Does this sound like what you might be experiencing? Feel free not to answer publicly and just reflect.
I agree! This was one of my early videos. It probably could have been broken down into two videos - one focused on the physiology of anxiety and another on techniques. Thanks for watching!! ❤️
Is not I don’t believe in what your saying but I developed a nasal congestion after COVID and is becoming difficult to have a deep breathing I not I need help is just I don’t think this is gog to work for me I could try about the muscle but I need to be about of that perpetual situation that I am suffering for a while the only think I worked very hard is not to have a shallow breathing and I never have a panic attack but I am anxious ll the time
Hi there Sirena! how u been lately? i'd loce to know how u are right now, i'm stuck in the FFF mode and its been already 2+ months, i'd love to hear the story behind ur recovery, please help me, thanks a lot.
@@itsoddo I haven’t accomplish to be out or freeze and fly situation I’ve been stuck there for long time and my anxiety is very high the only thing I had done is work in breathing techniques to help reduce shortness of breath and I have never experience panic attack but I know I am having problems my insomnia is bad and also some physical symptoms that I am working on but I haven’t succeeded yet
I'm totally the opposite, watching people's hands movements helps me realize more of what they are saying. It also says to me they are engaged in what they are saying. Watching people talk with their hands in their lap would be boring. Maybe was it the camera angle that effected you. Maybe you have something akin to misophonia.
THANKS FOR WATCHING? What strategies have you found to be best to turn off the fight, flight, freeze response?
Love you all. "Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation present your requests to God by prayer with thanksgiving. And the peace of God which transcends all understanding shall guard your minds and hearts in Christ Jesus." Phil 4:6-7
Amen brother
Amen
I hate waking up anxious 😟 My daughter got rid of her anxiety by telling herself she doesn't have it.
Something extremely helpful for me was seeing less privileged people and helping those in need seeing people in actual danger remind me to count my blessings so in a way being thankful for where you are and what you have endured and came out the other end as something I’d advise everyone to try
Some great points here! Super helpful and clear for those that are dealing with these responses!
Thank you Hannah!
Monitoring my cognitive faults and calling out myself when I’m falling down the rabbit hole helps I had no idea this video was so helpful and from someone who has prolonged PTSD and that causing Neurodivergens ADHD and social anxiety watching my triggers isn’t really helpful but I think sticking to a routine gives enough structure to feel safe
I'm just watching this in fall 2022 and I have found it one of the most helpful videos I've see so thank you!!
Even as a long term meditation practitioner(thirty years this fall), I still experience fight and flight reactions when stressed. In my case this has been manifest in panic attacks(the flee response) or bad tension headaches(the fight response). I wouldn't be surprised if I was born with an enlarged amygdala(something a neurological study uncovered resulting from stressed out pregnant mothers sending cortisol to their newborns). But the meditation and breathing exercises haven't really worked to offset the fight/flight response. I learned twenty years ago from a psychiatrist that if one is hardwired this way, it's a tall order to offset what the Limbic system does. But for headaches I found Gabapentin worked which was prescribed by a neurologist.
I reduced my panic attacks when I stopped being afraid of and resisting them. I still have panic attacks sometimes, but they're no where near as bad as they used to be.
Large amagdalia found with hypomobility
I just came across your channel over the Christmas holidays when I had a bad couple weeks, like really bad anxiety. I am so grateful to have found you, I have been questioning so many things lately and I am amazed how you answered some of those exact questions. I love you are in Vacouver/Burnaby, my Son lives there and we love to visit, your helping my desire to learn about anxiety so much easier. THANK YOU.
So glad you found my channel! If you live in BC, we offer online therapy sessions to treat anxiety. Don’t hesitate to call and make a free consultation appointment 778-990-5491
really good video ! thank you
Very interested in mindfulness strategies
Mindfulness strategies specifically for anxiety? I can do that! I’ve started down this road a bit with these two videos: th-cam.com/video/C3rt0UsvMPw/w-d-xo.html and th-cam.com/video/EEauOjtgIjg/w-d-xo.html. Hope you can have a look! I’m going to be including more experiential/follow-along videos in the future.
I’m so glad you I found your channel! So helpful 😊
That’s so good to hear! ❤️
REMEMBER this advise has to do when your NOT in danger. All three responses ARE instinctual responses to danger. And as such have a reason for your brain's resort to those responses in time of danger. All three are normal responses.....but outside of danger this is when it becomes a problem.
Can you also experience sort of an adrelanine rush trough your chest when you have sudden stress (fight or flight)? Because that's what happens with me and I also notice that I feel multiple fight or flight responses when I am in a stressfull situation. and even after that whole situation if I'm at home after that my body still has these adrenaline rushes when there isn't even something to be stressed out about. It goes away until I get in a stressful situation again. I also have a hard time breathing when I'm stressed because then I begin to breathe shallow and I get used to it so when I try to take a deep breath I feel like I can't reach it and like I can't get enough oxygen.
Thank you for this video! It has helped me understand what I'm struggling with!
So glad you found my channel!! ❤️Yes, your experiences sound dead on with the fight, flight, freeze response. What I didn't cover in this video is the whole added layer of our social influences. Depending on lived experiences, some of us respond to these physical sensation with anger, some with fear, and some of us have learned to harness the energy we have in an adaptive way. Example: I'm a procrastinator, but I'm also a perfectionist. When it gets down to the wire on a deadline I feel the fight/flight response and have learned to focus it on powering through my task. Is it comfortable? No and I usually crash after, but it also doesn't cause me anxious distress anymore. There's a sweet spot where stress can be motivating and beyond that it can turn to anxiety.
Interesting. But the voice quality really low so that im distracted sometimes. Maybe you'll fix that in later videos.
Totally agree! This was one of my early videos and I learned to lower the music volume A LOT! Thanks for watching!
Yes please mindfulness
This vid got recommended after I watched the new concept trailer of TXT Lol😆😅
YES LMAOO
I have suffered for 6 years stuck in survival mode and the trigger is sleep means death so I cannot sleep how do I get out of it
Kevin, have you let your doctor know you’re experiencing this concern? Working one on one with a therapist could also be helpful to address the fear of sleep you have. Unfortunately, poor sleep can make feeling of anxiety worse.
Befriended wakefulness my friend. Watch Netflix TH-cam and let sleep happen naturally. I experienced fof too and this has helped me the most.
I need to get a video on mindfulness where I focus on my thoughts?
I think I’ve been stuck on fight or flight for over 7 years! Is that possible ?
yes, im there for years too....exhausting
Yes decades have you got pain symptoms
I love *hedgehog*
Thanks for you video. I am always in Fight and Flight mode thinking too much about death. I get so worried about dying one day. How do I stop this pain in my head. Constant overthinking is burning my head alot
I'm sorry to hear that you're struggling. I recommend that you reach out to a medical doctor or therapist in your area for more personal support.
@@ParallelWellness so what is really is going on in my mind. I am this thought always in my mind wehen i wake up. I mean i love live and would love to exist here foin Earth for ever.
@@ParallelWellness Basically I don't know and go find someone who can help lol
Interested in a video about medication
Thank you Gaina, this is a great idea! It’s so important that we’re informed about the medication options we have, when they can be helpful and what to expect from taking them.
Hello. I've been in the fight flight for 5 weeks and now not focusing on everyday things. I started a new job mid July and my anxiety started when I felt overwhelmed with work. My manager tried to reduce the workload but the trigger had already gone off and I just had a holiday and the thoughts took over me. I have depressed symtoms too, low mood not sleeping, sweating and constant negative thoughts. I'm off sick this week but I'm even more stressed now because of this sickness. My thoughts have increased to shame, embarrassment, letting people down. I'm in so much pain and my life is passing me by. I have an appointment with a Councillor on Thursday but it's so far away and my manager will be in touch with me Monday followed by gp Wed. I'm struggling to cope. Will I be able to turn off the fight flight response.
Hi Paula! how u been lately? i'd love to know about how u doing now and if u got out of it, how was it? I'm stuck in the FFF mode and it's been already 2+ months. I'd love to know, please HELP.
How is your pain
it tookme almost two years to let the frequem urination inn and goes, after that i started to have mussle pain and now rining in the ears, just swicht the symptoms, and i am like when the rining ends then what :/ i know that the other symptoms goes just like i did with that FU but this new one its really anoying
Read Dr Sarno. Mind body syndrome
@@1STBUCKLEY al ready did i'm better no all symptoms free yet. But the sympt inperactive has kick inn more than ever. Thanks
When you do the sqare breathing do you breath out from your mouth or nose
... GOT PROBLEM NOW !
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... 0:00-2:30 NO HELP. GOT NO MORE TIME TO WASTE.
Thank you
Good content in this video. Suggestion: Delete the music. It is a bit distracting.
Thanks Kristin! This was one of my first videos and first times editing. I agree, the music is too much in this one.
@@ParallelWellness Best of luck with your future videos, Meredith!
Am in the freeze response i dont feel anxiety again is it normal
Would love to know more about your experience! For some people, the experience of anxiety is so intolerable that they dissociate from the feelings in their body, emotions and thoughts. It’s effective in the moment, but also prevents us from learning our way through the emotions and more effective coping. Does this sound like what you might be experiencing? Feel free not to answer publicly and just reflect.
@@ParallelWellness are you on facebook so we can talk better
I respond to my DMs on Instagram @parallelwellness. However, I’m not able to provide any clinical opinions or advice via social media.
How can i overcome the fear of fight and arguement 😑
Good information however the background music is very annoying too loud so for that reason I don’t want to watch
Yup! I’ve edited more recent videos with lower music volume. Can you believe it has to be set at 1% to be the right volume?
We know what it is....Just tell us how to get rid of it you spent too much time on just explaining what it is thats why its 25 minutes
I agree! This was one of my early videos. It probably could have been broken down into two videos - one focused on the physiology of anxiety and another on techniques. Thanks for watching!! ❤️
@@ParallelWellness its ok it helped me a lot
Is not I don’t believe in what your saying but I developed a nasal congestion after COVID and is becoming difficult to have a deep breathing I not I need help is just I don’t think this is gog to work for me I could try about the muscle but I need to be about of that perpetual situation that I am suffering for a while the only think I worked very hard is not to have a shallow breathing and I never have a panic attack but I am anxious ll the time
Hi there Sirena! how u been lately? i'd loce to know how u are right now, i'm stuck in the FFF mode and its been already 2+ months, i'd love to hear the story behind ur recovery, please help me, thanks a lot.
@@itsoddo I haven’t accomplish to be out or freeze and fly situation I’ve been stuck there for long time and my anxiety is very high the only thing I had done is work in breathing techniques to help reduce shortness of breath and I have never experience panic attack but I know I am having problems my insomnia is bad and also some physical symptoms that I am working on but I haven’t succeeded yet
I literally couldn't ficus on what you said because your hand movements are so distracting.
Thank you for that feedback! I wasn't aware that I was a hand talker until I started recording these videos.😂
I'm totally the opposite, watching people's hands movements helps me realize more of what they are saying. It also says to me they are engaged in what they are saying. Watching people talk with their hands in their lap would be boring. Maybe was it the camera angle that effected you. Maybe you have something akin to misophonia.