Fight-or-flight and the false alarm
A pounding heart, shaking hands, and a churning stomach with no real danger in sight is adrenaline misfiring. Your brain cannot always tell a real threat from a stressful thought — but a slow, long exhale reaches the one manual override you have and switches the alarm off.
Calm it with breathing →Breathing for anxiety →The science of slow breathing →
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