Sex Addiction and the Nervous System: Fight-Or-Flight
Fight-or-flight is your body shouting, “The enemy is here!” It’s characterized by an excess of energy in the body, feeling warm, difficulty sitting still, raised heart rate, and a physical urge to fight something or someone or run like the wind.
Sex Addiction and the Nervous System: Safe, Social, Connected
When your nervous system deems your surroundings safe, you move about life with relative ease, getting things done, interacting with people as you need and want to, and feeling pretty good overall.