It Does WHAT?!
This causes stress to begin.
What is an event that overwhelms coping mechanisms?
This is the fear center of the brain.
What is the amygdala?
This is associated with aggression and fear?
What is the amygdala?
These are the four responses associated with stress.
What are fight, flight, freeze, and appease?
This causes a stored memory to surface.
What is a trigger?
This is involved with recall of memory.
What is the hippocampus?
This helps process memories.
What is the hippocampus?
This is when a stressful event mobilizes our bodies to protect ourselves.
What is fight?
The body's responses to stress are...
This regulates the pituitary gland.
What is the hypothalamus?
This is when stress hormones remain in your system, even after the danger has passed.
What is hypervigilance?
What is appease?
The body's natural responses do this for us.
What is protect (us)?
This is the master gland.
What is the pituitary gland?
This is when the nervous system is unable to recover after a stressful event?
What is hypovigilance?
This is when a stressful event causes the nervous system to shut down.
What is freeze?
Memory lives in this system.
What is the automatic nervous system?
The amygdala stores these two things.
What are stress response and memory?
Stress causes disruption in this system.
What is your limbic system?
This is when a stressful event mobilizes our body to avoid a dangerous situation.