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The Adrenal Gland |
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During a stressful situation the Adrenal Gland releases two hormones into the blood. One of them called adrenaline lowers the threshold for the firing of neurons. All of the senses become more acute. Vision and hearing react more quickly. This would facilitate driving a car and other activities as in sports events. It becomes very beneficial when one has to engage in fighting or make a hasty retreat. On the other hand keeping the eyes closed for sleeping is very difficult and even unnoticed sounds become very disturbing. The person is very sensitive to temperature changes in both directions, but feeling cold or hot can be managed with outer clothing. The pain sense is very active. Aches and pains are easily detected which disturbs both sleeping and relaxing. You can see why so many medications are on the shelf. Motor activity is generated at higher rates. Running is easy but walking slowly is difficult. Nervous hands are visible and dropping things quite frequent. The person eats fast and swallows quickly. Quickness is good but the person may have difficulty sitting still or lying still for sleeping or relaxing. The person is more sensitive to touch. This can cause jumpiness but it does make affection more pleasant. The emotions are triggered more easily. There is an increase of fear and anxiety. Worry and concern are not easily controlled. Tears come quickly and are often profuse. Anger comes much too quickly. Words are charged with vehemence and tongue control is very difficult. The adrenal hormone indeed makes a super reactive person. For many tasks that teacher must perform adrenaline is not a real benefit. Unfortunately, the hormone in the blood does not make a quick exit. A second hormone called noradrenaline is released to promote vasoconstriction to raise the blood pressure level and speed up the delivery of blood to important destinations. Also, noradrenaline is the chemical transmitter for the operation of the nervous system. Elevated blood pressure cannot easily be detected by the individual. It sometimes is involved in headaches but otherwise it is silent. One must conclude that when the adrenaline is up the noradrenaline is also up, you can see the importance of removing it from the blood. |
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