InTouch with the Brain – Physical Responses to Stress

BODY RESPONSES

Comfortable social engagements:

• Responsive face, heart rate and blood pressure
• Flexible body
• Curious, interested, passionate and calm
• Feelings of safety and demonstrates comfortableness

Uncomfortable social situations:

Fight or Flight 

• Partly frozen, angry or scared facial expression
• Fast heart rate and high blood pressure
• Tense body
• Fear and anger
• High alert for danger

Freeze  

• Frozen face
• Slow heart rate
• Extremely low blood pressure
• Hopelessness, shame and confusion
• Numb
• Shut-down

Find out more on how integrating the arts of movement, communication and space compliment your experience and encompasses a holistic approach to wellness.

Read more:

• InTouch on ‘Empathy and our Brain‘ 
• InTouch with the Brain – Right and Left Hemispheres
• InTouch on the Brain – ‘Reactions to Stress’
• InTouch with the Brain – Amygdale, Hippocampus, Prefrontal Cortex