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Sympathetic Branch Essay

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Journal entry 2 In your brain, there is something called the sympathetic branch which controls your body “flight or fight” mode. The sympathetic branch sends a warning, basically waking your body up and getting you ready for the upcoming situation. Your body is always on alert for danger. That is why when it’s night time and you are alone your sympathetic branch kicks in putting your body on alert. And you normally get scared when you hear a noise making you walk a little faster. The same thing happens when you are sleeping and you hear glass breaking you automatically go into flight or fight mode. Depending on the situation depends on whether you flee or fight. People normally fight when they have something at stake to fight for. The

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