The primary need of all the species on the planet is to stay
safe and protected. Human species are the weak animal by nature. They can’t fly
like birds and run like rest of the animals. In the woods, they are exposed to
all sorts of threats from different predators. Because of their weakness and
threats posed by other animals, they developed flight/fly response to the
external threats.
Stress is a flight/fly response which provides the
sufficient instantaneous energy that allows them either to fight with the
animals threatening them or simply, run away from the place of the threat to a
safer place. Either of these demands energy to cope up with the situation.
So, stress is a natural response to stay safe and protected.
How the skin protects the body from the external surrounding, stress protects
you from the external dangerous ambience.
The stress response is part of the evolution and is a source
of evolutionary energy.
Two points are worth to remember in this discussion.
a) Firstly,
it is an automated natural response based on the demanding situation.
b) It is an
instant boost of energy for a very short period of time which dies off after a
certain period.
In the woods, if there is a movement in the bushes then the
brain is programmed to naturally fear, worry or doubt to assume the probable
presence of tiger/lion behind the bushes. Fear/worry/doubts are the trigger
points for the stress response.
But, unfortunately, in the modern days, the same stress
response which is supposed to protect and safeguard us is causing all kinds of
modern lifestyle diseases. This is really ironical.
How the skin protects the body from the external surroundings,
stress protects you from the external dangerous ambience.
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