Stress Synthesis Essay

Stress is not sensible for the average American student. Our physical stress was biologically engineered to counter threats of the animal world and save our lives. Fight or flight reactions aren’t rational for stress over a class, but regardless, our bodies have the same psychological reaction to a test as it would to the threat of a grizzly bear (Scott). The limbic system, or the brain’s emotional center, contains the amygdala. This structure acts as an alarm system to screen any threats and communicates it to the rest of the brain. Comparatively, the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) releases chemicals such as adrenalin and noradrenalin to prepare the body to fight off or run from danger (Tennant; Shanker). Similarly, when stress triggers