Fight or Flight: Ancient physiology unsuited for a modern environment 

Fight or Flight responses. An ancient physiology unsuited for modern problems
Our sympathetic nervous system was evolved to get out of danger. But our modern day stressors don’t really put us in danger, they are mostly a mental and cognitive challenge.
Our stress hormones don’t know the difference between the two, but our bodies are reacting for a physical problem when the stress is psychological.
This mismatched physiology is what I suspect is a major problem for many stressed out people and why exercise can be a great stress reliever.
On top of that, our stress environment with sedentary behavior is probably limiting the development of an effective parasympathetic response to help ourselves restore homeostasis.
#stress #neuroplasticity

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