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Asked by anon-228668 to Jolel, Emily, Amber, Alex on 10 Nov 2019.
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Amber Cronin answered on 10 Nov 2019:
Adrenaline is released by the “adrenal glands”, which are just above your kidneys. BUT your brain plays a big part is whether the adrenal glads release adrenaline or not.
When you’re faced with something scary or stressful, you’re body goes into “fight or flight” mode. This literally means your body is preparing to either stand your ground and fight whatever is scaring you, or run away from it.
When you first start to feel scared, your brain gets really busy processing what’s happening. Your brain releases a special hormone that travels through your body and tells the adrenal glands to produce adrenaline, which gives you an adrenaline rush.
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Emily Mattacola answered on 11 Nov 2019:
Interestingly, adrenaline isn’t actually produced in your brain! It’s produced by your adrenal glands, which sit on your kidneys. If you see something in your environment which causes you stress (for example, a jump scare in a horror movie), and area of you brain called the hypothalamus received this message that there’s something to be worried about in your environment. The hypothalamus then sends a signal to your adrenal glands to say that we need energy to help us to deal with the thing that’s causing us stress, which is provided by adrenaline. Adrenaline is the hormone that causes those feelings you get when you have a jump scare; that feeling of your heart rate suddenly increasing and your breath getting quicker. This all serves a purpose; to keep us alive if that scare were for real! Adrenaline gets our bodies ready to fight or flight – essentially to either run away or to fight the thing that’s caused us to be scared.
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Jolel Miah answered on 11 Nov 2019:
Amber and Emily have given great response! not much I can to this!
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