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Flight Response has been a natural human response since the
beginning of our history. Understanding how we can reduce our
stress and anxiety is just as important as knowing what it’s
about and where it all began.  Fight or Flight Response  Here
are a few of the things that automatically happen to your body
when the stress response kicks in because of a fight or flight
response.    • By Increasing your heart rate the fight or flight
response will help to push more blood throughout your entire
body to deliver oxygen, strength and fuel to organs and muscles.
• Your bronchial tubes in the lungs as well as your nostrils
will enlarge. You begin to breath faster and you are allowing
more oxygen to enter the body.   • Your blood vessels in the
skin begin to constrict. This is to prevent potential bleeding
should a serious wound occur. Your hair will stand on end to
make us more sensitive to our environment. Digestion will slow.
• Fibrinogen occurs, it