Lets say your walking through the woods and you come across a bear.  First off you see the bear and instantly you become frightened and go into a stress response.  The brain interprets the potentially harmful stimuli as a stressful one and instantly transforms your body in such a way that it can respond to the threat and enhance the chance for survival.  Just like that the sympathetic or “fight or flight” portion of the nervous system prepares the body for the confrontation. Read More→