Podcast Episode: The Psychological Driver of Fear

<p>What is fear? (Fear is an emotion, emotion is an information sending signal to the brain telling you you need to do something regarding what emotion is it).</p> <p>We had a conversation about what happens to our physical body and psychological function when we are in fear (shaking, heart beat raise up, cannot think, hasty)</p> <p>We go over the responses we have when experiencing fear, Fight/Flight/Freeze.</p> <p>We will provide you examples of each response and explain why each response gets activates during times of fear.</p> <p>Lastly we will go over how our responses to fear, the Fight/Flight/Freeze can be adapt/change/evolve. Example of how our 13 years fear response (Fight/Flight/Freeze) is different to us in our 23 when we experience more and understand we change how we response to fear, either from fight to flight or from freeze to fight.</p> <p>We end it with a breathing exercise.   </p> <p>Taking a mental health screening is one of the quickest and easiest ways to determine whether you are experiencing symptoms of a mental health condition.</p> <p>Mental health conditions, such as depression or anxiety, are real, common and treatable. And recovery is possible. To take your Free Mental Health screening visit <a href='https://walkthetalkamerica.org/'>https://walkthetalkamerica.org/</a> or click the following link. </p> <p><a href='https://walkthetalkamerica.org/screening-tools/'>TAKE A MENTAL HEALTH TEST</a></p> <p>We hope you enjoy this episode.</p> <p>Today’s show is brought to you by Audible. Audible is offering our listeners a free audiobook with a 30-day trial membership. Just go to <a href='http://www.audibletrial.com/NogginNotes'>http://www.audibletrial.com/NogginNotes</a> and browse the unmatched selection of audio programs – download a title free and start listening.</p> <p>It’s that easy. Go to <a href='http://www.audibletrial.com/NogginNotes'>http://www.audibletrial.com/NogginNotes</a></p> <p>Hope you enjoy the podcast and please go ahead subscribe and give us a review of our sh