Question

What is stress response

Answer 1

The fight-or-flight response (also called hyperarousal, or the acute stress response) is a physiological reaction that occurs in response to a perceived harmful event, attack, or threat to survival.

Answer 2

Stress is a biological and psychological response experienced on encountering a threat that we feel we do not have the resources to deal with.

A stressor is the stimulus (or threat) that causes stress, e.g. exam, divorce, death of loved one, moving house, loss of job.

Sudden and severe stress generally produces:

-Increase in heart rate
-Increase in breathing (lungs dilate)
-Decrease in digestive activity (don’t feel hungry)
-Liver released glucose for energy

Hope this helps :-)