{"id":135416,"date":"2021-03-05T16:52:34","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T21:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/135416"},"modified":"2021-03-05T16:52:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T21:52:34","slug":"how-to-turn-off-the-fight-flight-freeze-response-anxiety-skills-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/135416","title":{"rendered":"How to Turn off the Fight, Flight, Freeze Response:  Anxiety Skills #4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Turn off the Fight\/Flight\/Freeze Response: Anxiety Skills #4\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/agdpFsKGdOE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>When the Fight, Flight, or Freeze response kicks in, the thinking part of your brain shuts down.  Trying to force yourself to calm down rarely works-that’s because your brain is meant to default to ancient survival responses like the Fight\/Flight\/Freeze response. \nIn this video I give an overview of how we can turn off that fight, flight or freeze response. \nBut we can learn skills to trigger a calming response-activating our parasympathetic nervous system by using Grounding activities. \n\nCheck out my Grounding Skills playlist to learn 15 ways to turn off the Fight, Flight or Freeze Response: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLiUrrIiqidTVghUckAJjCZMYO84ahohMv\n\nLooking for Affordable Online Counseling? My sponsor BetterHelp connects you to a licensed professional for $65\/week. Try it now for 10% off  https:\/\/betterhelp.com\/therapyinanutshell\n\nLearn more in one of my in-depth mental health courses: https:\/\/therapyinanutshell.teachable.com\/p\/home\nSupport my mission on Patreon: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/therapyinanutshell\nSign up for my newsletter: https:\/\/www.therapynutshell.com\nCheck out my favorite self-help books: https:\/\/kit.co\/TherapyinaNutshell\/best-self-help-books\nCheck out  my Podcast: Therapy in a Nutshell: https:\/\/tinpodcast.podbean.com\/\n\nTherapy in a Nutshell, and the information provided by Emma McAdam,  is solely intended for informational and entertainment purposes and is not a substitute for advice, diagnosis, or treatment regarding medical or mental health conditions. Although Emma McAdam is a licensed marriage and family therapist, the views expressed on this site or any related content should not be taken for medical or psychiatric advice. Always consult your physician before making any decisions related to your physical or mental health.\n\nIf you are in crisis please contact the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at: https:\/\/suicidepreventionlifeline.org\/ or 1-800-273-TALK (8255), or your local emergency services.\nCopyright Therapy in a Nutshell, LLC\n—-\nMusic licensed from www.Bensound.com or Artlist.io\nImages from Freepik.com (premium license), Pixabay, or Wikimedia commons","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the Fight, Flight, or Freeze response kicks in, the thinking part of your brain shuts down. Trying to force yourself to calm down rarely works-that’s because your brain is meant to default to ancient survival responses like the Fight\/Flight\/Freeze response. In this video I give an overview of how we can turn off that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/135416\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to Turn off the Fight, Flight, Freeze Response:  Anxiety Skills #4<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":886,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[409],"tags":[696,37683,16124,37682,37538,37543,37539,37542,37544,37541,37540,37545,19,37603,37610,55319,37597,16121,37579,37684,37608,37607,37606,42936,37609,36857,37602,37601,37605,37604,37600,16120,37598,37599,37686,35251,43550,43494,43481,56708,43483,56709,56707,56710,56711,56704,56705,42587,56706,37685],"class_list":["post-135416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","tag-anxiety","tag-anxiety-and-10","tag-anxiety-and-depression","tag-anxiety-and-depression-10","tag-anxiety-and-depression-association-of-america","tag-anxiety-and-depression-in-teens","tag-anxiety-and-depression-medication","tag-anxiety-and-depression-memes","tag-anxiety-and-depression-statistics","tag-anxiety-and-depression-symptoms","tag-anxiety-and-depression-test","tag-anxiety-and-depression-treatment","tag-anxiety-attack","tag-anxiety-attack-symptoms","tag-anxiety-blanket","tag-anxiety-coping-skills","tag-anxiety-definition","tag-anxiety-disorder","tag-anxiety-disorder-treatment","tag-anxiety-game","tag-anxiety-help","tag-anxiety-in-children","tag-anxiety-lyrics","tag-anxiety-management-techniques","tag-anxiety-meaning","tag-anxiety-medication","tag-anxiety-medications","tag-anxiety-meds","tag-anxiety-pathophysiology","tag-anxiety-quiz","tag-anxiety-quotes","tag-anxiety-relief","tag-anxiety-symptoms","tag-anxiety-test","tag-anxiety-test-free","tag-anxiety-treatment","tag-coping-skills-for-adults","tag-coping-skills-for-kids","tag-fight-flight-freeze","tag-fight-flight-freeze-fawn","tag-fight-flight-freeze-response","tag-fight-flight-freeze-response-brain","tag-fight-flight-freeze-response-for-kids","tag-fight-flight-freeze-response-to-stress","tag-fight-flight-freeze-trauma","tag-grounding-activity","tag-grounding-exercise-for-anxiety","tag-managing-anxiety","tag-parasympathetic-nervous","tag-test-anxiety-strategies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135416"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/886"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135416\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}