Fight or Flight

“You have a decision to make. You can stay here and help me with this or you can go. What’s it gonna be George”? Fight? Or Flight? When ones body is thrown into a stressful or threatening situation the body has to make a decision.  The brain begins to send chemical signals throughout the body. Adrenaline or noradrenaline, which controls alertness and arousal, is rushed into the bloodstream. Our body starts to experience a series of dramatic changes.  One’s pupils begin to dilate. The respiratory rate increases, blood is rushed to the limbs, and awareness becomes keener. The body can see more sharply, hear more clearly, and react more accurately impulsive. In this episode George is hijacked into a threatening life or death situation.  Inevitability George’s body will react, as is clearly seen with Lizzie’s hysteria, and he will have to make a swift decision. When opportunities arise, you can’t predict. You can’t explain. You can simply act, in an attempt to save your heart; the one thing you cannot live without.