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natural response to threat
▪ The problem is, our brain can find it hard to work out REAL threat.
▪ The brain can trick us into thinking there is REAL danger when in fact,
we are perfectly safe.
▪ We can practise thinking through real dangers and ones which may
make cortisol rise in our body but are not REAL danger.
▪ Look at the pictures below. Which are REAL danger?
When sounds are too loud for If we were chased by a bear When we feel we cannot do
us. what we are being asked to do
If we had to escape from a fire When we feel left out or that If cars crashed on a busy road.
people do not like us.
