response to adversity or threats. When you find yourself experiencing something new or scary, your body’s first reaction is to prepare you.
And it does that by making you more alert; by stressing you out.When your brain signals your body that it’s experiencing something threatening, the body signals the adrenal gland.
This gland is responsible for the secretion of cortisol, the stress hormone. This hormone triggers the “fight or flight response,” which is created with the purpose of keeping you alive and safe.
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