Auditory Nerves chords by Michael J. Sheehy

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Have you ever seen
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a fighting animal standing star still from fear before taking flight?
Its nostrils and its pupils dilate, its heart races,
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it breathes quickly.
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The sympathetic division of the involuntary nervous
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system has prepared it for flight or flight.
We human beings react in the
same way we're afraid.
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Fear begins as an impulse in our brain
which excites the sympathetic nerves
to stimulate various regions and organs to
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produce the sounds and symptoms of fear.
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The sympathetic nerves do this by means of a substance called adrenaline,
which is released
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at the nerve terminals in
the organs concerned.
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Also, our two ad    renal glands,
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themselves under sympathetic nervous stimulation, secrete additional
adrenaline into our bloodstream to enhance
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the action of the sympathetic nerves.
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When we are afraid,
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we also feel a horrible sensation in the pit of the stomach.
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This is the most distressing component of fear, however the complete picture of fear includes all the symptoms induced by adrenaline,
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the sweating hands, racing heart, heavy chest, as well as the spasm of fear in our middle ear.
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Normally we do not feel our body functioning because parasym
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pathetic nerves hold the sympathetic nerves in check.
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It is only when we are overwrought, angry, afraid,
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excited that the sympathetic nerves dominate the parasympathetic
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an d we are conscious of certain
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or gans functioning.
A healthy body without stress
is a peaceful body.
Most of us associate kindness and
understanding with the word sympathetic
and if the reactions of the sympathetic nerves
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can be anything but kind,
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some people find it difficult to reconcile themselves
to the term sympathetic nerves.
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Therefore, to avoid any of ridiculous,
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I shall henceforth refer to the sympathetic nerves
as the eternal and believing nerves,
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which, after all, is what they are.
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So, briefly, we have a voluntary nervous sys
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tem by means of which we move our body,
An involuntary nervous system,
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consisting of ad renaline -releasing and perisynthetic
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excretions, which control the functions of our internal organs,
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each part balancing the
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other.
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Normally, we do not feel our involuntary nervous system organs,
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but when we are overworked,
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the adrenaline -releasing nerves are especially stim   ulated,
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and we may feel our heartbeat
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quickly, our hands may sweat,
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and our mouth may feel dry.
In addition, our stomach may churn, we may feel breathless,
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giddy, and have an urgent need to retire to the bathroom.