HLTH 334 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Postpartum Psychosis, Postpartum Depression, Parasympathetic Nervous System
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Upon encountering a stressor, body reacts with fight-or-flight response and sympathetic nervous system is activated. Hormones such as cortisol and adrenalin released into the bloodstream to meet the threat or danger. Parasympathetic nervous system returns many physiological functions to normal levels while body focuses resources against the stressor. Blood glucose levels remain high, cortisol and adrenalin continue to circulate at elevated levels, but outward appearance of organism seems normal. If stressor continues beyond body"s capacity, organism exhausts resources and becomes susceptible to disease and death. Physical, mental, or emotional strain or tension. Eustress: acceptable or good : eustress can: Examples: meeting or engaging in a challenge, getting a promotion at work, watching a suspenseful or scary movie, love, marriage, sex, riding a rollercoaster, the holidays, graduation, weight training. Distress: unacceptable or bad : unlike eustress, the body does not return to a normal state quickly, distress can lead to: