Are you on red alert? Why it happens and how you can calm down your stress response

We all need smoke alarms in our homes to keep us safe and to alert us of any fires in good time. However recently one in my home became too sensitive and kept going off due to a speck of dust or a tiny spider being near it. It was telling us that there was a problem…..but there wasn’t really. It’s just the smoke alarm couldn’t tell the difference between a real fire and a false alarm.

Our brains can be like this. Our amygdalas (the fight and flight alarm system part of our brain) are primed to spot threats.