When faced with adversity on top of trauma you suffered in the past, your autonomic nervous system (ANS), which includes the sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system, along with your enteric nervous system, kick into action. All of these systems govern how your body will react to the current adversity. So the automatic nervous system governs whether you will take flight or outright put up a fight. It also governs the freeze instinct that could overtake you.…
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According to the National Institute of Mental Health, approximately 18 percent of American adults suffer from anxiety, making it the most common mental health disorder. If you’ve been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, or have been prone to anxiety and panic attacks in the past, you might be worried about how to deal with the symptoms during recovery. Don’t allow your anxiety to get in the way of your sobriety and instead, here are a few ways to deal with your symptoms and stay on track:…
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It can be extremely frustrating for you to have problems controlling your temper. You know that it can be scary for those around you but you just can’t keep your emotions from rising and causing you to do things that you will regret. Here are some tips for managing your anger so that it doesn’t get the better of you.
1. Wait
When you feel angry, put as much time as you can between the emotion and the actions that stem directly from that emotion.…
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