During a distressing event, the nervous system goes into survival mode, activating the sympathetic nervous system to release stress hormones and to prepare the body for fight or flight. Once the event or trigger is over, the body relaxes and hormone levels return to normal. On the other hand, when recurring distressing emotions or thoughts […]
We perceive our experiences through our senses (touch, sight, sound, smell and taste) and our interpretation of these experiences determine our response. It is our interpretation that ultimately influences our response to events, circumstances, and people. Every moment we are inundated with a variety of sensory impulses but we only react to the ones that […]
Have you ever noticed that when life throws you a curve it wreaks havoc by affecting you mentally, physically and emotionally? Issues that disrupt us emotionally also have the capacity to cause distress to the physical body. Sometimes even the thought of an upcoming stressful day can trigger a physical reaction such as a headache. […]
More often than not, things do not turn out the way we anticipate. We have this idea that things will unfold in a certain way and when they don’t we can find ourselves questioning our abilities and our worthiness. However, it is when life doesn’t work out like we had planned that we have the […]
Sometimes it seems that things just keep happening to us, that we don’t have any control of our circumstance. The truth is that we always have a choice. It is only when we lose sight of who we are and what we really want to achieve that we end up feeling helpless. Each decision that […]
Have you ever caught yourself overreacting to a situation that did not warrant the response? Have you ever found yourself taking a seemingly innocent action personally? Have you ever misinterpreted an email, a conversation, or the actions or remarks of another? Overreacting suggests that the emotional or physical response was exaggerated in comparison to the […]