Fight Or Flight Response
- Also known as Acute Stress Response, the fight-or-flight response is a physiological reaction when we are mentally or physically terrified.
- A stressful or terrifying situation triggers hormones that prepare our body to stay or either deal with the problem or run away towards safety.
- American physiologist Walter Cannon first described this basic stress response towards danger.
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