Fight-or-flight response

organize and modulate the lower brain; however, in children who have experienced trauma the organization is altered. Perry (2012) goes on to explain that when a child experiences trauma the amygdala, which mediates fear responses, is triggered thus circumventing the cortex. The alarm response leads to brainstem and midbrain activity while cortical regions (rational thought) shut down. According to Perry, trauma activates regions of the brain responsible for intense emotions and arousal.…

Managing Stress In chapter three of the “Focus on Health” textbook, the topic is managing stress. According to the book, stress is described as a psychological and physiological response to a significant or unexpected change or disruption in one’s life. Hans Selye was the first to describe stress while observing several patients whom suffered from a series of different symptoms; such as, lack of sleep, changes in appetite, mood swings, problems concentrating and several others. He later named…

Students experience stress daily and being aware of these could help them feel less tired or heavy, and to motivate them. Similarly to the processes involved in the fight or flight response where the central nervous system determines what action one would take, the concept of motivation is also essential in “pushing” the students to work and respond to a certain situation. Because of this desire and willingness, a student is…

mind after hearing the radio taping. Although society has been described as progressive and able to make strides toward the color blind utopia Martin Luther King Jr. envisioned, hearing the statistics on housing segregation and the responses of the community, in response to school integration, creates a sense of habitual and rigid racism. I feel it is unacceptable to allow schools to be striped of their accreditation and then turn around and criticize the school, and individuals attending, due…

ways to cope with stress in our everyday lives. By understanding the body’s physiological responses of stress, we gain a better understanding of the different management techniques and alternatives used to help cope with stress. Two examples of physiological variables, tense muscles and high blood pressure, occur when a stressor persists after the body mobilizes its resources to deal with the threat. This response is called the general adaptation syndrome, which occurs in three stages- alarm,…

aviation as always been a target for terrorist to carry out their violence disasters exploit against the United States calling fear and economy breakdown. And of such attacked was the Richard Reid failed shoe plot. Richard Reid board flight 63 an American Airlines flight carrying 197 people from Paris, France to Miami, United states on December 22, 2001 with sophisticated bombs made of plastic explosive, detonating cord, a homemade detonator and a safety fuse with black powder, FBI experts said…

discussion will be the “effects of combat on the body” in general, for this is something all service members will experience in some way. This may seem to be a broad and confusing topic, but let us begin. Most people are aware of the “Fight or Flight” response that humans have, this single subject is something that all service members experience while in combat. Regardless if they fire their weapon at an enemy, all humans who have been in combat experience…

Stress affects the immune system in two ways, physically and psychologically. One question you might ask yourself is, how does the body remain in good condition in response to physical and/or psychological stress? Looking at the immune system and its organs, “it contains billions of immune functioning cells’(HPC). The peripheral immune system protects the blood, lymph nodes, and spleen, while the endocrine system assists the Central Nervous System by producing hormones; and releasing the…

The sympathetic nervous system is part of the autonomic nervous system and its primary purpose is to stimulate the body’s flight-or-fight response. The way that the sympathetic nervous system relates to the mugging and the conversation is that when Jean Cabot is being mugged her sympathetic nervous system will help prepare her to stay and fight or to run away.The parasympathetic nervous system is responsible for stimulation of “rest-and-digest” or “feed-and -breed” activities that occur when the…

the “fight or flight” response that humans have been genetically disposed to in order for early man to be able to escape dangerous predators. This stress response filled the human body with strength, stamina, and speed to escape a hazardous situation, and those who fought and won, or fled and lived, were the fittest and survived. In Western civilization today, this response is no longer needed for survival, however, the body still responds to stressors with this “fight or flight” response…