Understanding Your Flight Or Fight Response
When faced with a stressful situation or circumstance, categorised as environmental, such as stress at work, a looming deadline, or psychological, such as worry about your job or your family can trigger anxiety and tension. These emotions further lead to a release of hormones that signal your body and mind to either stay and deal with the threat or run away to safety. This particular term “flight-or-flight” comes from our ancestors who had the choice to fight or flee when faced with difficult or dangerous situations in their environment. In the 1920s, American psychologist Walter Cannon described the flight-or-fight response […]
