Learning As I Go: Our autonomic nervous system

Christy Bass Adams Our autonomic nervous system is made of two parts: the sympathetic and parasympathetic. The sympathetic is known as our fight-or-flight system. This part is activated when we are in dangerous or stressful situations. Both traumatic events and staying too busy cause us to stay in the sympathetic. Both good stress and bad stress cause the same response in our bodies. On the other hand, there is the parasympathetic, also known as the rest and restore system. This part is activ