Anxiety

Anxiety comes from our fight/flight response to a perceived danger. It is our most primitive response to keeping us safe. But what about the times when there is no imminent danger? What happens is when our limbic system (part of our brain that assesses danger) gets “turned on” our limbic system doesn’t know when to “turn off”. We are in a constant state of hypervigilance and high arousal. Our focus narrows, our thinking is limited and all creativity and joy is lost. We cannot be our true selves. Even though the danger is gone our subconscious tells us otherwise. This can be exhausting and physiologically taxing.