Our Bodies Lie to Us - Lessons From the End of a Marriage
Posted bystilllearning2b March 3, 2014 Posted inLife's LessonsTags:Advice, breathe, fight, flight, life, meditation, stress	
They send out hormones announcing an imminent threat to our well being when we take the podium or when we get into an argument with a loved one. Our heart rate increases at the thought of taking a test, and our immune system is compromised because of a noisy environment. We assume we are in danger because our body tells us so.
They interpret so much stimuli (internal and external) as a threat and they respond with a cascade of physiological changes and adaptations that are referred to as the flight or fight response. It begins in the amygdala, a rather primal region of the brain that responds to perceived dangers. The hypothalamus taps the adrenal gland on the metaphorical shoulder to let it know to release adrenaline which leads to a release of cortisol, known familiarly as the stress hormone. Your brain doesn’t want to make you stressed; it wants to keep you alive. Click here to read the rest and learn how to outsmart the lie.
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Dan_Dlion
Thanks for the reminder. I know I need to do this…but knowing and doing are two different things