He discusses allostasis, the fight-or-flight reaction a person feels in the face of stressful situations. |
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This triggers the instinctive fight-or-flight response which causes unhealthy stress. |
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And we sent Bob to the gym for aerobic exercise to resolve his ongoing fight-or-flight reaction. |
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I saw her as always in fight-or-flight mode. |
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A fight-or-flight response is adaptive in any species. |
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You need to appreciate that a human being can get into a state, which I think is best described as a runaway of the fight-or-flight response, and the capabilities that person possesses are extraordinary. |
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But this was a real fight-or-flight moment. |
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It's just a misfiring of the fight-or-flight response. |
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Unfortunately, the body's traditional fight-or-flight response to stressful situations seldom offers the best way to deal with the problems we encounter daily in modern times. |
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Your fight-or-flight mechanism will go haywire. |
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