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Episode: 0902 – Mic ‘Flight and Fight’
Description: 2023.06.21 – 0902 – Mic ‘Flight and Fight’Mic fight and flight[1]The ‘fight or flight’ response is well known: an automatic physiological reaction that’s perceived by the ‘caveman’ in us as stressful or frightening. The sympathetic nervous system is activated, triggering an acute stress response that prepares the body to confront it, or get away from it. A cascade of adrenaline, noradrenaline and acetylcholine make the heart pound, pupils dilate and breathing quicken. Muscles tense with the increased blood flow and beads of sweat appear. The stomach can feel nauseous or full of ‘butterflies’. “Adrenaline plays an important role in t...