Fight-or-flight Response Definition

fītôr-flīt
noun
A set of physiological changes, such as increases in heart rate, arterial blood pressure, and blood glucose, initiated by the sympathetic nervous system to mobilize body systems in response to stress.
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Fight-or-flight Response Sentence Examples

  • This message signals hormones that set off a fight or flight response.

  • This fight or flight response is getting you ready to either get the threat away from you or ready to run away from it.

  • This shift from the external (what's happening around you) to the internal (my body is fine) will help you relax your fight or flight response back down to normal levels.

  • This is most commonly known as the fight or flight response.

  • This way, you can use the techniques whenever you start thinking about something that makes you anxious, it will help your body stop the fight or flight response and in turn, help you think through your thoughts.

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