Question

Who decides what’s considered a “normal” response to an experience like being in a battle zone?

Answer 1

There is a homeostasis response inside the human body which controls the stress response during a normal state and like an experiance of being in a battle zone. There are hormones released during the condition of fear, fight and flight in a battle zone. The rate of flow of blood increases when a person faces adverse situations in life. Fear and fight response was first described by an American physician Walter Cannon. The body starts sweating and there is an increase in the heart rate and pressure during the conditions of stress inside the body.A patient with post-traumatic stress disorder may feel stressed out with fear and anxiety due to the presence of stressful environmental conditions in the surroundings. The mouth turns dry with skin turning pale with dilated pupils and persistent sweating. These conditions alter the functioning of the central nervous system. It occurs in conditions of bipolar disorders and traumatic disorders where the functioning of the brain is affected. It occurs in unfavourable conditions of verbal and physical abuse and fighting among families. These environmental situations are stored in the form of long term memory in the hippocampus regions. Pupils dilate and signals are sent to the visual thalamus region of the brain. The bronchioles of the lungs dilate and more oxygen enters these regions for an increased respiration response.Amygdala in the brain stores all the central nervous system information. Pituitary gland produces adrenocorticotropin. There is difficulty in breathing, shallowness of breath, muscle tension with tendency to urinate at frequent intervals with trembling and fear and palpitations of heart during war like battle situations in life. There is lack of attention and concentration with poor vision during conditions of stress and due to lack of proper diet during conditions of war. The homeostatic metabolism of body gets disturbed during such conditions. Adrenal gland releases catecholamines during such stressful conditions.