Are you Scared - The Fight-or-flight Response

Have you ever noticed the way one behaves when one is scared or stressed, we really behave in a different way. So it got me thinking as to why do people react in certain ways when they are scared or afraid.
What are the common reactions when one is scared or afraid,

• Faster Heartbeat
• Heavy Breathing
• Sweaty Palms
• Dry mouth
• Body starts shivering
• Anxiety

While trying to understand why we are afraid i came across this term called "fight or flight" The bodies reaction to fear is known as "fight or flight".

Assume that you are walking on the road at night, and a thug comes in front of you with a knife.
You have two options
1) Turn and walk away (flight), or
2) fight,
even though you know fighting won't solve the problem.

During the process of preparing for either fight or flight, your body does a number of things automatically like,

• Increasing your heart rate to pump more blood to your muscles and brain.
• Forces you to breathe heavily so that your lungs take in air faster to supply your body with oxygen.
• Increases the size of your pupils in your eyes to make you see better.
• Slows down your digestive and urinary systems for the moment so you can concentrate on more important things.

So the next time you or someone else gets scared, you now know as to why one reacts like this.