fight or flight response

what is the fight or flight response?

the fight or flight response is the automatic defensive system that is built into your body that is triggered on sensing danger in order to make you either go for a fight or flee away to save yourself.

what happens when the fight or flight response is triggered?

below is what happens when the fight or flight response is triggered :

adrenaline is released into our bloodstream.
the respiratory rate increases.
Blood is shunted away from our digestive tract and directed into our muscles and limbs .
pupils dilate.
awareness intensifies.
sight sharpens.
impulses quicken.
perception of pain diminishes.

as you can see when the fight or flight response is triggered you become much stronger and less vulnerable to pain , at the time you start to perceive everything around you as a possible threat and so your fear may intensify and you may find it very hard to think rationally or concentrate.

the fight or flight response is an emergency state

although this response is so powerful still its an emergency state response, your body was not designed to run into that emergency state for prolonged periods. the problem arises when this response is incorrectly triggered when you perceive a situation as a threatfull one while its not , like for example having the fight or flight response triggered on seeing a spider or when you hear some noise while being at a dark place or just before you make a presentation.

constantly triggering the fight and flight response could cause some serious health problems like headaches , high blood pressure ,irritable bowel syndrome and immune system problems.

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did that help?

i guess irrational fears trigger my fight or flight response, help me !!

my fight or flight response is always triggered on presentations , what to do!!

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