anxiety disorder

Understanding Anxiety and the Body’s Response: Key Symptoms and Effective Coping Skills to Managing Anxiety

Understanding Anxiety and the Body’s Response: Key Symptoms and Effective Coping Skills to Managing Anxiety

Understanding the relationship between the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and anxiety is essential to treatment. The SNS is a part of the autonomic nervous system that activates our body’s "fight or flight" response. For those with trauma histories, this response can become overactivated, even in non-threatening situations, leading to heightened and persistent anxiety.