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Modern life is full of different types of stress. Every day we are experiencing stress and our body is forced to response to stressors (factors responsible for stress). Actually "fight or flight” body stress response is body response to any kind of threat (attack physical or emotional, conflicts, trauma, imagined risk factors, death of loved ones, traffic, terrorism, natural disasters, etc.) – it is fundamental physiological body survival mechanism.
"Fight or flight" response during stress was first described in 1932 by one of the early pioneers in stress research Dr Walter Bradford Cannon - American professor physiologist from Harvard Medical School. "Fight or flight" response during stress starts working when human body experiences shock or perceives different kinds of threat – body quickly releases so called “stress hormones” that help to survive. Stress hormones mobilize body resources and help us to run faster and fight harder. Stress hormones increase heart rate and blood pressure - delivering more oxygen and blood sugar to power important muscles. At the same time, stress hormones increase sweating in an effort to cool hard working muscles (helping them stay efficient).
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During “fight or flight" body stress response, stress hormones accelerate breathing to supply more oxygen for conversion to energy - the heart works harder and faster to supply the body with more oxygen and nutrients. During stress always body immune system is activated - ready to administer to wounds. During body’s “fight or flight" stress response usually attention and sight become acute and highly focused and body’s sense of pain is diminished as the body releases analgesic hormones.
Thanks to stress hormones, blood is diverted away from the skin to the core of the body – reducing blood loss in case of physical trauma and/or damage.
All above mentioned body changes during stress are preparing human body to fight or run (“fight or flight").
Women experience stress almost any time they come across something unexpected or frightening or something frustrating. When the threat is small, the “fight or flight” response is small and we often do not notice it among the many other distractions of a stressful situation.
The more often we are exposed to stress factors, the more overactive body’s “fight or flight” response becomes – body could be constantly prepared for battle, perceiving potential threats everywhere. That is why over stressed people can be changed – becoming more sensitive, more aggressive and overreacting.
This is why it is very important to Control Stress, to do Stress Management or use modern equipments for Stress Prevention.
Excessive "fight or flight" response during stress
Excessive stress always has consequences – irritation, reduced attention, trembling and/or pounding heart, decreased abilities (mental and physical), binge eating, aggression, reduced memory, mood swings, depression, some illnesses.
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