Become HEALTHIER!
Become HEALTHIER!
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Understanding how our brains work helps us stay in control.
Understanding how our brains work helps us stay in control.
It helps us settle when we have strong emotions.
It helps us settle when we have strong emotions.
It helps us say things we want to say and do things we want to do.
It helps us say things we want to say and do things we want to do.
The book "Big feelings come and go" explains how the amygdala works and gives us strategies on how to settle our bodies when we go into freeze, flight or fight.
Fight can look like:
Fight can look like:
kicking
screaming
spitting
pushing
throwing anything he can get his hands on
his hands clasped in fists, ready to punch
glaring
clawing at the air
gasping for breath
Flight can look like:
Flight can look like:
darting eyes
restlessness
excessive fidgeting
doing anything to get away
running without concern for his own safety
Freeze can look like:
Freeze can look like:
holding his breath
heart pounding and/or decreased heart rate
shutting down
feeling unable to move
escaping into his own mind
feeling numb
whining
daydreaming
Keep my brain and body healthy!
Keep my brain and body healthy!
Do a Mindful Moment from Ms. Gandhi's website and
Do a Mindful Moment from Ms. Gandhi's website and
exercise from the Phys-Ed website
exercise from the Phys-Ed website
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