Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Fight or Flight vs. Rest & Digest




The Autonomic Nervous System monitors bodily conditions and adjusts them for the context.


Although the exteme respeonse of fight or flight is the typical illustration of sympathetci arousal, in truth, the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems are always activated and is some sort of balance. Extreme parasympathic activation would be rest & digest.


1 comment:

  1. word

    and when its in an inappropriate balance, holy shit can it wreak havoc.

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