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Are You Stuck in Survival / Fight or Flight Mode?

Below is a short list of symptoms associated with being stuck in survival / fight or flight mode. You may find that you have lots of these symptoms or only a few. Either way, KiNRG Holistic Kinesiology can help!

Behaviours - Do you have problems or difficulties with:

  • stress?
  • fatigue or lack of energy?
  • maintaining your focus?
  • change?
  • feeling frustrated or stuck?
  • feeling overwhelmed?
  • feeling anxious?
  • being overcautious or hyper-vigilant?
  • being easily distracted or startled?
  • hypersensitivity to sound or light?
  • depression?
  • irritability?
  • being reactive, overly sensitive or defensive?
  • seeing your options or the 'big picture'?
  • getting a good night's sleep?
  • moving on with your life?
  • difficulty getting over injuries?

Driving - Do you tend to be:

  • uncomfortable in heavy traffic?
  • uncomfortable when changing lanes?
  • sometimes surprised by cars around or behind you?

Driving - Do you tend to:

  • have trouble judging distances when driving, parking, or passing other vehicles?
  • find driving a task that requires effort and concentration, rather than relaxing?

Concentration

  • do you find it difficult to concentrate on your job, schoolwork or projects?
  • once concentrating, if you are distracted, does it take effort to regain your concentration?
  • do you have difficulty starting or completing projects?
  • rather than multi-tasking, do you usually have to concentrate on one task at a time?

Orientation

  • do you tend to be uncomfortable in crowds and groups?
  • when you misplace something, do you frequently find it in a place you already looked?
  • do you tend to bump into things, trip or miss a curb or stair, or your head when ducking under something?
  • do you experience motion sickness, nausea, or dizziness?

Lighting

  • are you bothered by lights or glare?
  • do you have trouble with night vision or night driving?

Trauma

  • have you ever suffered any significant trauma (physical, mental, emotional, sexual, birth, medical, or other kind of trauma)?
  • do you feel these traumas are still causing difficulties in your life today?

Stress

  • on a scale of 1-10 (10 being stressed right out) do you consider your stress level to be higher than 5?

 

 

 

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