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Meet Your Amygdala

November 1, 2019

It was implied in our vows that my husband would handle all things spider related. I take our vows very seriously and I insist that he do so as well. We all have our “thing” and mine is spiders.

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In Anxiety, Emotions, Health, Mental Health, Brain, Grounding Tags fear, anxiety, neuroscience, amygdala, fight or flight, bears, spiders, grounding, health, mental health, neurobiology

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