When There Is A Lot Of Pressure, These 3 Stress Hormones Will Surge In The Body
Stress will trigger certain biological responses in the human body. When you feel a threat, are stressed, or are facing a big challenge, there are several stress hormones that will be released throughout your body.
When the body feels stressed, the hypothalamus, which is part of the brain, responds immediately. The hypothalamus sends nerve and hormone signals to the adrenal glands which are located above the kidneys. This adrenal gland will release a lot of hormones in response to the current condition.
1. The hormone adrenaline
The hormone adrenaline is a hormone which is also known as a hormone fight or flight (fight or run). This hormone will be produced immediately when the adrenal glands get a signal from the brain that they are currently facing a very stressful situation.
For example, when you are driving a car and want to change lanes from right to left, suddenly a car from behind with very high speed can hit you. This is where you will feel in a stressful and stressful situation. So what happened?
You reflex quickly go straight back to the previous course with a pounding heart, tense muscles, rapid breathing, and perhaps a sudden sweat.
This change, which is only a few seconds, occurs due to a surge in the hormone adrenaline. As your heart rate increases, adrenaline also gives you a boost of energy to get you going really fast.
Likewise when you are stressed over chasing deadline profession. The adrenaline hormone will offer you extra energy so you can stay stamina to finish quickly.
2. The hormone norepinephrine
The hormone norepinephrine is also a hormone produced from the adrenal glands, working together with the adrenal hormone when under stressful situations.
When someone is in a stressful situation, norepinephrine will affect a person’s level of alertness. When you are under stress, you will become more aware, more focused, more aware of the situation because as if something is threatening, you become more responsive. This is one of the effects of a surge in the stress hormone norepinephrine.
3. The hormone cortisol
Cortisol is the main stress hormone, which plays a major role in dealing with stress. The difference with the two previous hormones, this cortisol effect does not appear immediately the first time you are faced with stress. It can take a few minutes to feel the effects of the cortisol surge.
In times of stress, the hormone cortisol helps maintain fluid balance and blood pressure while regulating non-essential functions in life-threatening situations.
This effect appears intended to make the body more effective in dealing with stressful situations, energy is not used up to regulate other systems such as the immune system or digestion which is not needed.
This is a normal biological process and is essential for human survival in order to survive stress.
However, if it is too long this cortisol surge is also dangerous for health because of its presence that suppresses the functions of several body systems such as digestion.
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