18.43 It's been a long night and day of Oscar coverage, and we'll be rounding this live blog off soon. But, before we do, I think it's important to point out that someone on Twitter has made a fish-related Oscars joke. (Oscar fish, incidentally, are a type of cichlid.
For other uses, see Fight or Flight. The fight-or-flight response (also called the fight, flight, freeze, or fawn response [in PTSD ], hyperarousal, or the acute stress response) is a physiological reaction that occurs in response to a perceived harmful event, attack, or threat to survival. It was first described by Walter Bradford Cannon.
By its very design, the fight or flight response leads us to fight or to fleeâboth creating immense amounts of muscle movement and physical exertion. This physical activity effectively metabolizes the stress hormones released as a result of the activation of our fight or flight response.