By Maria Lebron, November 2022 Panic attacks are the body’s alarm system responding to a perceived threat. The body readies to defend itself and activates the fight-flight-freeze response. Sometimes our body can react in this way even when there is no real danger. Panic attacks can come on suddenly. Panic attacks will always pass and […]
How Cortisol, the Stress Hormone, Affects the Body
by Maria Lebron, August 2021 When your body feels stressed or in danger, your adrenal glands make and release the hormone cortisol into your bloodstream. Cortisol is the body’s main stress hormone and it triggers the body’s “fight-or-flight” response in a crisis, causing an increase in heart rate and blood pressure. Cortisol is also involved […]
Anxiety Disorders
by Maria Lebron, January 2020. Fear is an emotional response to a real or perceived imminent threat, whereas anxiety is a response to the anticipation of a future threat. Some level of anxiety is to be expected in situations which are unfamiliar or stressful, but an anxiety disorder is present when a person feels very […]
