Fight-or-flight response

the stress response stage is the neuroendocrine (fight or flight) axis, which causes intermediate stress effects (Everly & Lating 2013). First, the body engages in a fight or flight response in the presence of a perceived threat, and the primary organ involved in this is process is the adrenal medulla (Everly & Lating, 2013). Next, at the time of this publication, researchers had identified that the dorsomedial amygdlar complex as the utmost point for which the fight or flight response…

Could one believe that Nelson Mandela and Osama Bin Laden have common characteristics? One protected fellowman and one attempted to destroy man. What about an 88 year old woman and a four year old child? What common characteristic might these divergent individuals share? These individuals all had separate intentions; however, they had some identical inherent characteristics. Although humans come in all shapes, sizes, nationalities, and genders, there are three characteristics inherent to all…

Walter cannon proposed the phrase “flight or fight response,” when faced with a situation we can automatically determine how we feel. As said in the journal of traditional medicine society, “feeling annoyed, overwhelmed, upset, excited or threatened determines what we can do about it. If we decide that the demands of a situation outweigh our coping skills, we are likely to unconsciously label it stressful.” To simply define, stress is the physical or emotional response to any adverse…

Well it has been a little while since I have been able to talk to all of you. I have been busy making plans for 2017. The first and biggest of those plans have just recently feel into place. I have finally pulled the trigger, cut ties with LA Fitness and have taken the role of independent trainer. No more being employed by a big box gym, and even though I have no idea where this may ultimately lead me, I could not be happier with my decision. No longer do I have to worry about internal gym…

desperate to survive. This is expertly told in the two ways people react to their new reality, how they resort to eating each other to survive, and that the last two individuals on the planet are enemies. Byron briefly demonstrates human’s flight or flight response to danger through the way people handle their…

There’s episodic acute stress, acute stress, chronic and toxic stress. But there are ways to cope with stress. Each person has different ways to cope. First of all what is stress? Anxiety? Although similar, they are not to same. Stress is a specific response by the body to a stimulus, as fear or pain that disturbs or interferes with the normal physiological equilibrium of an organism, so says dictionary.com. What does that mean though? Have you ever had a project that you need to…

1.Describe the main components of stress. The three main components of stress are a strain , stressors, and transactions. Strain refers to an internal state of the organism. Stressor refers to an external event or an experience that arises from a transaction between a person and the environment. (Stress and Coping and development by C.M. Aldwin, 2009) 2.Discuss the consequences of at least one type of stress The consequences of behavioral stress can dramatically alter an individual's life…

Uncertainty and fear of the outcome of a situation is an everyday occurrence with the average person. Moreover, anxiety is a state of objectless fear (Salecl 4). Anxiety is also said to be, “A state of uneasiness, apprehension; as about future uncertainties” (Folk). Anxiety often has no real reasons why it is provoked (Salecl 4). So, often times with anxiety, a person senses irrational dread or fear of a situation without any specific reason. But sometimes anxiety can be caused by nerve wracking…

intolerable measures of stress that causes them to act in unexpected ways. Stress is shown especially in The Pearl, “Flight”, and The Moon is Down through many of the characters actions and decisions. Through The Pearl, The Moon is Down, and “Flight,” John Steinbeck demonstrates various positive and negative responses to stress. In The Pearl, the main character ,Kino, has many negative responses to stress throughout the plot. Kino faces many stressful situations in which he responds to stress…

the power to fight. You may describe the expeditious heart rate associated with dread as feeling like your heart is going to detonate; but, in fact, your heart is just working diligently to supply as much blood as feasible to help your body deal with the consternation. This proliferates blood pressure and heart rate, activating the “fight or flight” response that has helped mankind react to and survive in menacing situations. B. Question: Does fear cause the same physiologic responses in…