Posted by orchid on September 18, 2005, at 21:15:27
In reply to Re: stress, brains and cortisol » alexandra_k, posted by rainbowbrite on September 18, 2005, at 19:46:16
> > > one would expect that our bodies would protect us, and during high stress we would function at an improved level.
> yeah thats what I mean, intense stress. The times when you really can't afford to shutdown, it seems to contradict my logic.
-- Actually bodies do function at a higher level when stress is there - but usually physically rather than mentally. That is how our brains are designed - to enable us to run rather than to think when there is a stress. Brains perceive all stress as external physical threat at some level - kind of from an evolutionary point of view.
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