How Does Exercise Help with Anxiety? Exercise completes the stress response that anxiety starts. When you move, your body releases the energy stored for fight or flight. Movement lowers cortisol, boosts endorphins, and signals the threat has passed. Movement turns...
Is addiction linked to trauma or stress? We can link addiction to to stress or trauma, although addiction can develop without either. People arrive at addiction through different routes, and understanding what a substance or behaviour does for a particular...
Why does my body go into fight or flight when I try to sleep? Your body goes into fight or flight at bedtime, because your nervous system interprets stillness as a signal to release the stress you held during the day. When your survival system remains active, lying...
What Is High-Functioning Anxiety? High-functioning anxiety looks like success on the surface, but feels like tension underneath. It’s the nervous system working too hard, driving perfectionism, overthinking, and restlessness. Understanding it as an overactive survival...
Why do I keep swapping one addiction for another? Swapping one addiction for another is rarely a lack of commitment. It usually means the underlying need has not changed. When the nervous system loses one way of regulating stress, emotion, or emptiness, it...
