What activates stress is how we react once we feel that we’re losing control of a certain situation in our lives. It’s a natural response for humans, as we’re constantly wanting to control every facet of what we do. We want to direct, to be able to determine our fate.
What unexpected external events does is it threatens that control, then we respond by preparing to fight or flight, whatever or whomever is attempting to steal that control away from us. Stress is the primary driver of the “fight-or-flight” response.…