The fight or flight response is a natural physiological reaction to a perceived threat, whether real or imagined. It prepares the body to either fight or flee, to stay alive.
Let’s say you’re walking in the woods and you suddenly hear a loud growling noise. Your body is likely to go into fight or flight mode. Within milliseconds it prepares you to either fight the animal making the noise or run away as fast as you can.
Let’s say you’re walking in the woods and yousuddenly hear a loud growling noise. Your body is likely to go into fight or flight mode. Within milliseconds it prepares you to either fight the animal making the noise or run away as fast as you can.
Chemical messengers called stress hormones, including adrenaline and cortisol, trigger a cascade of physical changes in the body, such as increased heart rate and blood pressure, faster breathing, and heightened alertness.