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Introduction. Emotion regulation refers to the intricate processes through which individuals manage and modulate their emotional experiences, expressions, and the physiological responses accompanying emotions. It encompasses a range of strategies employed to influence the intensity, duration, and expression of emotions, ensuring adaptive and ...
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A stressful situation — whether something environmental, such as a looming work deadline, or psychological, such as persistent worry about losing a job — can trigger a cascade of stress hormones that produce well-orchestrated physiological changes. A stressful incident can make the heart pound and breathing quicken. Muscles tense and beads of sweat...
The stress response begins in the brain (see illustration). When someone confronts an oncoming car or other danger, the eyes or ears (or both) send the information to the amygdala, an area of the brain that contributes to emotional processing. The amygdala interprets the images and sounds. When it perceives danger, it instantly sends a distress sig...
Many people are unable to find a way to put the brakes on stress. Chronic low-level stress keeps the HPA axis activated, much like a motor that is idling too high for too long. After a while, this has an effect on the body that contributes to the health problems associated with chronic stress. Persistent epinephrine surges can damage blood vessels ...
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May 7, 2024 · Any physical or psychological stimuli that disrupt homeostasis result in a stress response. The stimuli are called stressors, and physiological and behavioral changes in response to exposure to stressors constitute the stress response. A stress response is mediated through a complex interplay of nervous, endocrine, and immune mechanisms, activating the sympathetic-adreno-medullar (SAM) axis ...
- Brianna Chu, Komal Marwaha, Terrence Sanvictores, Derek Ayers
- 2024/05/07
- 2019
This integration is enabling us to better understand the interplay of psychological and physiological mechanisms of stress-health relationships, which can be conceptualized as involving links across at least four elements: (1) brain appraisal systems; (2) visceromotor outputs from the brain to organs and tissues; (3) peripheral physiology and pathophysiology; and (4) viscerosensory input from ...
Oct 18, 2024 · The interaction between these components also explains why emotions can sometimes feel so overwhelming. A negative thought can trigger a cascade of physiological and behavioral responses, which then reinforce the original thought, creating a self-perpetuating cycle.
Apr 3, 2002 · Abstract. Anxiety is a psychological, physiological, and behavioral state induced in animals and humans by a threat to well-being or survival, either actual or potential. It is characterized by increased arousal, expectancy, autonomic and neuroendocrine activation, and specific behavior patterns. The function of these changes is to facilitate ...
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from our past. This “reminiscence” can activate our emotional memory systems in the brain and can trigger feelings, such as fear, excitement, joy, sadness, anxiety, and anger. Underlying these feelings, our memories can also trigger physiological (body-based) responses, such as racing heartbeat, shallow breathing, sweaty palms, dizziness, upset
