No matter what the setting is, as long as I perceive the stressor as strong enough, I'll usually enter the same fight or flight response.
I've been told I'm a very psychosomatic person. I agree. Rare would I be able to hide how I truly feel as it shows up on my face and or entire body. Sympathetic system would kick in, as it suppresses the parasympathetic system. In common words, my digestive system would start to overwork (more trips to the loo) as it stops functioning (as ironic as it may sounds, yes) and give place to the the emergency response system. And by the way, it also affects sexual functions.
My extremities (hands and feet) get incredibly frozen, my heartbeat increases... I just don't feel well to think and work properly. I've been told I also turn greenish...
All of these would eventually go away but in the mean time, it is seriously not fun. Truth is... even having a patient going code blue doesn't do this to me. Because help is there, you are never alone.
But into facing personal issues... in the last two weeks... oftentimes, the accepting and moving on parts have to be done by no one else, but me. Let's say I haven't missed that 24h whatever coping mechanism it is.
Ugly.
Don't we all hate being lied to?
And what is with people who would rather choose to flight than fight even when you're being confronted to it?
Heard to flee is a female's usual response to stress. I don't like.
A friend got an air gun for her bday. Me want one too! Wouldn't it another great anti-stress?
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