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The “recovery period” between a fight or flight response and normalization of body functions is variable but often lasts for 20 to 60 minutes following stimulation if the perceived threat disappears.

Physical Activity

1. Yoga, which may improve your ability to recover after a stressful event3.
2. Tai chi, which could affect how your body reacts to stress and even improve your ability to cope with it4.
3. Walking and walking meditation, which may reduce blood pressure (especially when combined with other relaxation techniques)5.

A fight or flight response causes a few common signs:

1. Cool, pale skin: Blood flow to the surface of the body is reduced so that the blood flow to the arms, legs, shoulders, brain, eyes, ears and nose can be increased.
2. Sweating: Running or wrestling with bears will certainly cause an increase in body heat.

The Fight or Flight response is a physiological response triggered when we feel a strong emotion like fear. Fear is the normal emotion to feel in response to a danger or threat. Fear also has a close relative we call anxiety.

The body begins to tire, the immune system declines, and as we have learned in recent research, the brain can even begin to become toxic. Until the bone is returned to its proper position, and range of motion the body is likely to be stuck in fight or flight.

The autonomic nervous system has two components, the sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system. The sympathetic nervous system functions like a gas pedal in a car. It triggers the fight-or-flight response, providing the body with a burst of energy so that it can respond to perceived dangers.

As you can see from this description of the fight/flight response, anxiety is an important emotion that serves to protect us from harm. For some people the fight/flight response becomes activated in situations where no real danger is present. The types of situations vary greatly from person to person.

And while the adrenaline fueled fight-or-flight reflex spurs people into action, the body’s entire stress response contributes to superhuman strength. Cascades of enzymes and proteins release, helping people sustain the activity.

During a fight-flight-freeze response, many physiological changes occur. The reaction begins in your amygdala, the part of your brain responsible for perceived fear. The amygdala responds by sending signals to the hypothalamus, which stimulates the autonomic nervous system (ANS).