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EVASION

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You've all felt it. Perhaps last it was in your car, after hearing sirens directly behind you. Maybe it was in a classroom, looking at a test only to realize you had no idea what the question was even asking. You definitely experienced it the last time you asked a stranger out on a date. The sensation begins with a drop of pure energy sinking into the center of your chest, then a burning heat crawls down the back of your neck and into your spine. Your face flushes as your blood vessels dilate and your heart drums faster. First the situational awareness, then the drop of energy, then the body's reaction. The fight-or-flight response (also called the acute stress response) is a physiologic signaling cascade that happens naturally and uncontrollably to humans when a threat is perceived. It is hard-wired into our nervous system by evolution. Upon seeing, hearing, or even intuiting a potential harm, our brains transmit an electrochemical signal down our spinal cord to our adrenal glands, resulting in the secretion of catecholamines, including epinephrine (adrenaline) and norepinephrine (noradrenaline). These biomolecules act on every facet of the human body. In our brains, they arouse our consciousness, focus our attention, activate our memories, and increase our anxiety. In our body, these emergency molecules increase the beating of our hearts, raise our blood pressure, increase blood flow, trigger the release of energy stores, and inhibit digestion, urination, and defecation. You certainly feel it now. Perspiration collects underneath your wig and drips down your face and the back of your neck. You hardly notice. Your mind is focused on the bioagent and escaping the figures following you. You dodge through the crowd, pretending to be in a hurry but actually fearing for your safety and the success of the mission. You gallop down subway stairs, tear off the wig, and trash it. You ruffle your fingers through your hair and pretend your fate doesn't depend on a train waiting for you around the corner.

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