Fear is a normal, unhealthy reaction of the body to physical danger.
What happens to the body if we are afraid? How can you understand this so that it is better to act in a situation of fear?
We first need to understand that in humans there is a so-called autonomic nervous system, which consists of both sympathetic and parasympathetic types, which are not controlled by our awareness and are independent from it.
For intensification of internal processes - increased pulse, breathing, ringing, increased etching suggests a parasympathetic weddle, and a nice directing to those to speed up the processes as much as possible for life.
The heart rate increases from 70 to 220 beats in subseconds, the bronchi expand to supply the muscles with acidity and glucose. Blood is redistributed between organs unevenly: the skin and internal organs do not remove blood - the fragments of the vessel are compressed. It is also necessary to stay in the cold - this is necessary to prevent possible bleeding. At the same time, open the pores to bring water to the surface of the skin, making it hairy and sticky. The grass system adapts when systems emerge first, which indicate the safety of life.
Adrenaline, which swells the fat cells and liver cells, releases stored glucose into the blood. Cortisol - which is called the hormone of stress - increases the throat of blood (this is due to the loss of blood when injured), and the hair “stands up” - this is how the hair that rises shrinks. Creatures use this mechanism (which we have preserved as an atavism) to coat enemies and increase visible size when the wool becomes wet.
When the heart gets excited up to 115 beats per arm, the fine motor skills are weakened, so the blood flows to the great muscles (arms and legs) and the pressure increases for the fight and the day. When the pulse rises above 145 beats per hip, the rate of three or more movements per hour (complex motor skills) drops.
Your hands will shake, and you will hardly be able to dial a phone number or insert the key into the lock. With a pulse of 175 beats per hip, the value of thought is practically spent. I know when I like the space, the world becomes like a tunnel. All objects are close to you, your immediate view is ruined - for example, you will not be able to aim at a gun in your hands. Hearing completely switches off when this happens, or it decreases greatly - so people scream loudly. The drug changes the mood for sleep in which everything becomes more intense and the memory of one’s actions is erased.
Understanding that your opponent also has a tunnel vision from a situation of fear, you can sharply move to the left (which will make it easier for your opponent) and thus fall out of your field of vision. (these technologies begin to train special forces fighters).
If you are skilled at reacting to fear with violence, then blood will flow to your hands. As I flow away, from the chastisement and the fire your feet will flow until the flow. As soon as you fall into a stupor, your breathing calms down and your flesh fades (this is how you kill a lot of creatures, sometimes they successfully pretend to be dead). This reaction is not very good for a person’s life, if it’s just a transitional phase before the fight ends.
After experiencing fear, the sympathetic system transmits the signal to the parasympathetic kermo - the judges expand, thus compensating for wasted energy. Often people simply lie down or fall asleep in order to replenish the wasted energy.
Fragments of insecurity can appear rapt, then the cerebrum collects visual information in the thalamus, which the mitthevo transmits to the amygdala-like body - thus speeding up the reaction, often to a stimulus that is not really insecure, ale tse tezh partina dry mechanism. .
It is better to play it safe and react so that those who are not a threat, do not make life unsafe (for example, mistaking the cramps for a snake) - this is how our body works.
If the reaction of fear to a situation that is fixed is dry, then a person’s life will become very difficult. The client cannot leave the house, as fear shackles or paralyzes him, he can’t fly, he can’t go anywhere, he can’t go out, he’s afraid to go out in front of people. This kind of fear and panic attacks can be successfully combated by further reducing the physiological response to the stimulus.
The primary strategy is the drug suppression of the physiological reaction to fear in reality, rather than depriving it of reinforcement of fear, which is what the body learns to be afraid of.
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Date of update: 04/18/2024 Mikhail Dickey - certified psychologist - psychotherapist - coach. Read about the author