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2. Amygdala hijack - Wikipedia

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   An amygdala hijack is an emotional response that is immediate, overwhelming, and out of measure with the actual stimulus because it has triggered a much more significant emotional threat. [1] The term, coined by Daniel Goleman in his 1996 book Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ , [ 2 ] is used by affective neuroscientists ...

3. Raised by a Jekyll and Hyde Parent? Here’s How to ... - AOL

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   More often than not, children of Jekyll and Hyde parents develop symptoms of hypervigilance, a condition that occurs from an overactive amygdala (i.e., the part of the brain that senses danger ...

4. Emotional dysregulation - Wikipedia

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   While cognitive behavioral therapy is the most widely prescribed treatment for such psychiatric disorders, a commonly prescribed psychotherapeutic treatment for emotional dysregulation is dialectical behavioral therapy, a psychotherapy which promotes the use of mindfulness, a concept called dialectics, and emphasis on the importance of ...

5. Generalized anxiety disorder - Wikipedia

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   In the amygdala, the basolateral amygdala complex recognizes sensory information and activates GABAergic neurons which can cause somatic symptoms of anxiety. GABAergic neurons control the nervous system by reducing feelings of stress, anxiety, and fear.

6. Fear processing in the brain - Wikipedia

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   Pathways from central nucleus of the amygdala to downstream areas then control defensive behavior (freezing) and autonomic and endocrine responses. Recent studies implicate the prelimbic cortex in fear expression as well, possibly by way of its connections to the basal and then to the central nucleus of the amygdala.

7. Guanfacine - Wikipedia

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   Guanfacine is also used off-label to treat tic disorders, anxiety disorders such as generalized anxiety disorder, and PTSD. [10] Guanfacine and other α 2A -adrenergic receptor agonists have anxiolytic -like action, [ 25 ] thereby reducing the emotional responses of the amygdala , and strengthening prefrontal cortical regulation of emotion ...