The Amygdala (Meerkat)
This is our internal alarm centre which keeps us safe. This part of the brain is very reactive and whenever we feel under threat and upset it sends a message which releases adrenalin and cortisol, this is the fight, flight freeze response. It is important to know our brain reacts the same to a perceived threat as it would to a real threat and feeling threatened can mean many things to different people. when we are in a state of fear we cannot think of anything, our attention and focus is on survival.