Scared+Silly

There's no need to feel embarrassed on the way you act when something frightens you, it's just the type of reaction God has built you with. Whether it's screaming, crying, jumping, or even passing out, all these reactions are totally normal. It's cool to see what our brains tell our body to do once somthing startles us. In my survey, I asked a lot of people to tell me how they react to things that frighten them, and here's the list from greatest to least. "When you experience a sudden fright, it triggers your body's fight-or-flight response. This is an instinctive, immediate reaction to danger that prepares your body to help you defend yourself by fighting or running away. Your body pumps adrenaline to your muscles, boosting them to respond powerfully, and your breathing and heart rates increase to pump more blood throughout your body" says Discovery. From experience I have to say that the statement above is true. A couple of years ago I was laying on the couch watching television when the carbon monoxide detectors started to ring. I was home alone at the time and I began to panic. I jumped up immediately went to my rabbit cage, picked it up, and ran out the door. Normally, I cannot lift my rabbit's cage because it is too wide for my arms to get around and it's really heavy, but since I had the extra adrenaline in me, I could handle it. This goes the same with people who are in the military. Once they get the command to go out and hunt for the enemy, it feels like nothing can stop them. Have you ever wondered what happens to the different parts of your body when you're scared? Many things happen at the same time once your body senses a threat. In the brain, the amygdala is called the body's "alarm system". Once you're scared the thalamus reacts first, then it sends a message to the sensory cortex. If there is something to be scared about the message is sent back to the amygdala so your body is on "red alert". Your body's response to fear "is hard-wired, back to the days when wild animals were chasing us. Those people who had the stress-related response survived," says Dr. David Sheslow. Here's the actions your body takes when it's frightened: You begin to sweat, heart pumps faster, blood pressure rises, skin becomes pale (capillaries drain of blood), goose bumps form, stomach empties itself and your digestive system halts, saliva stops producing, wastes my be released (That's why you should go to the bathroom before watching a scary movie), a lot of blood gets pumped into your muscles and give you much more energy than you need, hence why you tremble, eyes dilate, and lastly all of your senses become very acute. [] The only way I can think of describing this is in the Matrix during the lobby scene. Everybody is firing bullets at Neo and yet, he dodges every single one in less than a second. Of course, we wouldn't be able to do that, but in a sense when we're scared we can do things that we thought we weren't capable of. Our bodies are amazing creations of God. He gave us this alarm system to help protect ourselves in times when it's necessary.
 * Freeze
 * Scream
 * Sweat
 * Laugh & Cry
 * Nothing
 * Throw up & Pass out

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"What Happens Inside Your Body When You Get Scared?." //Curiosity.discovery.com// n. pag. Web. 12 Dec 2010. [].

"What happens when we're scared?." //St. Petersburg Times Floridian// (2004): n. pag. Web. 12 Dec 2010. <http://www.sptimes.com/2004/10/26/Floridian/What_happens_when_we_.shtml