Fight-or-flight response

Fear brings out our primal instinct to fight and survive. The motive of fight or flight is seen in any case when a situation of Fear develops. Take for instance the a situation where a kid is being bullied, the kid will most likely feel some sort of fear well up inside of them and that can trigger their fight or flight. The salem witch trials during 1693 which caused people to be afraid and paranoid about their family being witches…

The main function is to regulate the body's reaction through a perceived threat. SNS begins in the spinal cord, thoracic and lumbar spinal cord. The general response would be for the body to become rapid, tense up, or to be more attentive. For example, sympathetic nervous systems increases heart rate, palms begin to sweat, digestion comes to a halt, lungs began to let bronchi tubes to expand causing rapid or…

It is full of large projects, important papers, and daunting deadlines. The stress will often have the fight or flight responses in the mind screaming FLIGHT! But that stress can be useful in a few different ways. In A Working Mother article titled “The Upside of Stress,” Katherine Bowers writes, “When your stress levels start rising, it’s helpful to remind yourself that the pressure…

vaping and nicotine on the physical health, mental health and addiction. It has been discussed that vaping is harmless. Vapes contain water vapor, flavoring and nicotine. On our physical health, nicotine causes cardiovascular problems, low immune response and respiratory diseases that may be due to acetaldehyde and diacetyl in e-cigarettes. In terms of mental health, nicotine causes cognitive and behavioral impairment in adolescence. Nicotine causes addiction, which becomes a door to exploring…

In 1959, research psychiatrist Donald F. Klein was studying imipramine, a new drug synthesized by a minor alteration in the chemical structure of the “major tranquilizer” chlorpromazine. Researchers hoped that imipramine, like chlorpromazine, would help people with schizophrenia, whose psychotic symptoms were at that time believed to result from excessive anxiety. Unfortunately, imipramine did not stop delusions or hallucinations, but it did alleviate depressive symptoms in schizophrenic…

approved acts and set more precautions to keep American citizens better protected from terrorism. On September 11, 2001, four tragic terrorist attacks transpired. In total, the attacks killed 2, 977 people. Flight 77 struck the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia; killing 184 people. Flight 93 crashed into an empty field in Somerset County, Pennsylvania,…

“Hello, Martin.” she said, and laughed, and pushed the Stop button. “What are you going to do to me?” Martin cries. “I’m not going to do anything. You’re stuck on this elevator with me forever.” she cackles. Martin’s fight or flight instincts kicked in and as there would be no flight in a crowded elevator Martin leaned on the elevator wall for support and hits the lady with his crutch. “Why you little.” she tries to retaliate while not moving her spot in front of the buttons. Martin goes for…

When faced with a traumatic situation your brain determines the danger, as a result, your body activates your fight or flight response in your autonomic nervous system and the urge to survive takes over. During fight or flight response your heart rate increase, your pupils dilate, more blood circulates your body, and your digestion tract slows (Sethnne). As the body experiences trauma, it undergoes many chemical changes…

therefore, that people often swear when they are hurt. This brings us to Pinker’s last category of swearing, cathartic swearing. Cathartic swearing is used when something negative, or stressful, happens. In fact, swearing is such a common stress response, that several researchers began looking into the underlying reasons for these sudden outbursts. Richard Stevens, a psychologist from England, conducted a study to investigate this. In his test, the participants were asked to place their hands in…

the onset of danger, it releases a dense combination of hormones that amalgamate into the negative emotional sensation of fear. The synaptic moment of response to fear is medically known as the fight-or-flight response. The chosen mode of action is stored in the memory for reference in repeat incidents. Every retreat solidifies the certainty that flight will happen again. Instinct relies on its knowledge of this repetition to move towards safety. False fears can cause someone to run away from…