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Stress and anxiety are not just emotional experiences. They can affect our whole body, including our muscles, breathing, digestion, hormones, heart, immune system, skin and nervous system. In this article, we explore why our body reacts this way, what happens during fight or flight, and how we can begin to calm our nervous system and feel more in control again

Menopause anxiety is a frequently reported yet rarely talked about symptom of the menopausal transition. If you are worrying more than usual, waking in the night with a racing heart, or feeling on edge for no obvious reason, you are not imagining it and you are not alone.

As anxiety specialist Jennifer Roblin explains, falling oestrogen levels affect the brain chemicals that steady your mood, leaving your nervous system more sensitive and more easily triggered. Add in disrupted sleep, hot flushes and midlife pressures, and it is little wonder anxiety can appear seemingly out of nowhere.

In this article you will learn why menopause and perimenopause can trigger anxiety, what hormonal anxiety feels like, why it often feels worse at night, and eight gentle, nervous system friendly ways to feel calm and in control again, plus when and how to seek professional support.

When we are stressed or anxious, the fight or flight anxiety response is triggered by one of our senses. So, anything we see, hear, smell, touch, taste or even imagine, could be perceived as something that will cause us harm, and be a threat to us.

This perceived threat or anxiety response may include a range of external stressors, such as work, money, family, time, etc.

When we are able to understand the fight and flight anxiety response, we are able to put effective tools and strategies in place to overcome it.

Do you become anxious at the thought of presenting or public speaking? Is this fear holding you back in your career, your education or your private life?

Perhaps you feel anxiety at the mere thought of speaking in public, maybe you feel completely overwhelmed at the very thought of standing in front of a crowd, possibly you are turning down opportunities to grow within your career? It could even be that it is costing you money if you are missing out on that promotion?

Many people often wonder when is the right time to begin therapy for anxiety. The truth is, it can vary from person to person and depends on how intensely you feel anxious about your experiences. How is anxiety is holding you back? 

Left unresolved, anxiety can spiral out of control and have a significant impact on relationships, work, school and family life.

Relationship anxiety is a persistent feeling of worry, doubt or fear about your romantic relationship, even when nothing has actually gone wrong. It can show up as overthinking, reassurance seeking, jealousy, fear of abandonment, or shutting down. It is a nervous system response, often shaped by earlier experiences, and it can be eased with the right support.