Evolutionarily, it is necessary to be able to react promptly when
facing immediate danger, but if the sympathetic nervous system becomes overburdened by prolonged stress, mobbing or hard physical activity, it will wear on the organism and has the potential to lead to fatal consequences.
Not exact matches
«There was only one catch and that was Catch - 22, which specified that a concern for one's safety in the
face of
dangers that were real and
immediate was the process of a rational mind.
And then there is Catch - 22 itself, the doctrine that specifies that a concern for one's safety in the
face of real and
immediate danger is the process of a rational mind.
Originally meant to give you an adrenalin boost when
faced with
immediate physical
danger, the body's cave - man «fight or flight» stress response involves adjustments in the cardiovascular, immune, and endocrine systems.
Second, as much as I am revulsed by animal cruelty, I entertain doubt that any reasonable person attacked by a large dog could respond dispassionately and without regard to the
immediate physical
danger they
face.