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Don't let the summer heat add to the road rage

Edit The Examiner 10 Jun 2016
While it’s natural and seemingly acceptable to be a little irritable when the temperatures rise, why do some people seem to literally heat up with the heat? Researchers believe that an increase of temperatures can lead to some physiological reactions such as an increase in heart rate, a boost of testosterone, and changes in your sympathetic nervous system (also known as fight-or-flight response)....

Why CBT Alone Does Not Help in a Crisis

Edit Huffington Post 10 Jun 2016
CBT did not help me in a crisis. It did not help me feel my fear and my pain, which has to happen first, before change is possible. From experience, I find that for this well proven technique to work best certain other boxes need to be ticked first. We need to be emotionally and mentally ready for CBT. Confused? Let me explain ... It's just an example ... Our body and minds go either into fight or flight; some people even switch between them ... ....

Surviving anxiety

Edit Deccan Herald 10 Jun 2016
JUST STAY CALM. What makes you anxious? Ask and you’ll get a million different answers (believe me, I did). They ranged from feeling overloaded or constantly on-call to health worries, tax bills or even just answering the phone ... That just about sums it up. Anxiety is a hugely common condition; it’s hard to grasp the precise scale of it ... it’s on the up ... Both are connected to our fight or flight response, however ... ... ....

Clinicians can be fairly sure of Creutzfeldt-Jakob diagnosis

Edit Herald Tribune 10 Jun 2016
DEAR DR. ROACH ... -- A.P.S. ANSWER ... DEAR DR. ROACH ... months to years) in constant high-stress, fight-or-flight mode, can the person's system become so accustomed to it that he or she comes to almost ''need'' to be in that mode in order to function ''properly''? (Such as in the case of caring for someone with chronic life-threatening illness.) Or is that just a crazy concept? I can no longer mentally function when things are calm. -- A.F ... * * *....

Eight Ways to Guarantee You'll Be Miserable

Edit Huffington Post 09 Jun 2016
Are you fed up with being surrounded by happy, smiley people? Do you want to bring more misery, stress, anxiety and depression into your life and the lives of your loved ones? Then here is your handy guide. Credit. Stocksnap. 1 ... Even just 10 minutes or so per day of exercise releases endorphins (often referred to as the 'happiness hormone') and lowers cortisol (the 'stress hormone' associated with the 'fight or flight' response) ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... 6....

Cortisol - Why It Matters

Edit Huffington Post 09 Jun 2016
When it comes to health and fitness, it's easy to concentrate on the areas you can see ... There are, however, other aspects that are just as important that often get overlooked because they're not quite as obvious ... Cortisol is often referred to as the 'stress hormone' because of the way it influences or modulates the changes the body goes through when under stressful conditions, commonly known as the 'fight or flight' response....

San Francisco just backed Airbnb into a corner

Edit Business Insider 08 Jun 2016
It's fight, flight, or comply for Airbnb in San Francisco, and the company refuses to say which avenue it will pursue ... If Airbnb opts to fight, it could take a page from Uber and Lyft and pull out of a city that doesn't offer it favorable regulations, or it could end up paying a daily fine to continue operating as is....

Can Babies and Toddlers Manipulate Their Parents?

Edit Huffington Post 08 Jun 2016
He cannot understand that he is in no danger despite the 'fight or flight' response occurring in his body ... she possibly choose to do that? Her brain is far too underdeveloped to plot and plan what outcomes her actions may have, even if she could do this the 'fight or flight' response her body is experiencing prohibits her from thinking so clearly....

What is chronic pain and why is it hard to treat? (University of Florida)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Jun 2016
(Source. University of Florida) ... Of these, approximately 50 million suffer from chronic or severe pain ... In this light, the number of pain sufferers is stunning and indicates that it is a major epidemic ... Is your injury life-threatening? Do you need to run away or fight back? This is where the affective-emotional dimension comes in ... This adds an emotional flavor to the incoming pain signal and is part of the fight-or-flight response ... (noodl....

5 Public Speaking Tips to Help You Conquer Your Stage Fright (That Don't Involve Naked Co-workers)

Edit Mashable 07 Jun 2016
Whether you’re delivering presentations in front of colleagues, teaching industry workshops, or stepping on stage at a local or national conference, you’ve probably come across the same public-speaking advice one million times. “Picture them naked!” “Practice!” “Make eye contact!” ... When it came to offering counsel, I used to give much of the same advice ... 1 ... 2 ... Your fight or flight will kick in, and you will seriously consider the latter ... ....

Truck rams car into guardrail in road rage attack

Edit WPXI 06 Jun 2016
WAGONER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA —. A terrifying moment for a young couple in Oklahoma when a truck rammed their car across the highway and into a guardrail ... "I feel like it was more of a fight or flight response," says Gracie Bottger ... Video shows their car narrowly missing another vehicle and ramming into the guardrail ... ....

Let go and live fully

Edit Deccan Herald 06 Jun 2016
Problems in relationships are an inescapable part of life. The best remedy would be to resolve them, but we often take the easy way out. Instead of facing them, we try to efface them. We pretend not to notice things or tell ourselves they that they are otherwise. Psychologists point out that this the ‘fight or flight’ instinct at work. When we cannot retaliate, we simply run away from the scene ... His courtiers followed suit ... ....

What Is Chronic Pain and Why Is It Hard to Treat?

Edit Alternet 06 Jun 2016
Opioids are the best treatment for chronic pain we have. Can we come up with something better?. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article ... Pain Can Have a Purpose ... Is your injury life-threatening? Do you need to run away or fight back? This is where the affective-emotional dimension comes in ... This adds an emotional flavor to the incoming pain signal and is part of the fight-or-flight response....
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