FIGHT OR FLIGHT!

 

Do you ever get the feeling telling you to run? Or does it tell you to stand strong and fight? This happens all through your life when you get into situations where you start to panic, or if you’re in danger. I’m here to tell you why that happens.

Firstly, the thing that tells you to stay or run is in your brain. It’s called your REPTILIAN BRAIN!  Your brain is made up of lots of things like your Cerebrum, your Cerebellum and your Medulla (brain stem).

Now your brain can do really amazing things but one of the most amazing is that it can slow down time. Well not really it just slows down your perspective of time. Do you ever get the feeling that you are falling, or running really fast and everything else is moving very slowly? Well that’s just your brain doing its wonders.

Looking further into the reason for this we know that it is because of adrenalin rushes. (The adrenalin helps you run faster, jump higher and be a ton stronger!) Looking even FURTHER into it your brain sees in slots. Normally you can see about 30 slots a second but because of adrenalin you can see around 100 slots a second. Which causes the effect of slowing down time to give you more time to think about what to do next in case of an emergency. Cool huh? An example of this was a 12-year-old boy who lifted a car to save his uncle.

So as a conclusion your brain is one of the coolest things in the world. I really want to learn how to control adrenalin! I mean if I can slow down time yes PLEASE!

By Erik.