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“Brain Basics.” Brian Basics, Moment Us Institute, momentousinstitute.org/blog/brain-basics.

“Fight or Flight Response.” Fight or Flight Response, Very Well Mind, www.verywellmind.com/what-is-the-fight-or-flight-response-2795194.

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According to LifeHack.com, the almond shaped structure deep in the brain used as a communication center for incoming sensory signals and then it interprets them; emotional memories stored there can be triggered by an experience similar and cause anxiety due to distinct fears.

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According to LifeHack.com as well, the hippocampus encodes threatening events into memories and it can appear smaller in people who were victims of abuse or military combat. The reduced size plays a role in ptsd and flashbacks due to the fragmented memories.

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Fight or flight response becomes triggered and your system is flooded with norepinephrine and cortisol; this is designed to boost perception, reflexes, and speed. It also increases heart rate, the amount of blood to muscles, and air to lungs.

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According to NCBI, mood and anxiety disorders result from disruption in the balance of activity in the emotional centers in the brain.

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The neurotransmitters in the brain provide the communication of that balance.

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Neurotransmitters package and release with nueropeptides, many expressed in limbic regions, where they can influence the stress and emotion circuitry, says NCBI.

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