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The sympathetic system is responsible for releasing the adrenaline from the
adrenal glands on the kidneys. These are small glands located just above the
kidneys. Less known, however, is that the adrenal glands also release
adrenaline, which functions as the body’s chemical messengers to keep the
activity going. When a panic attack begins, it does not switch off as easily as it
is turned on. There is always a period of what would seem increased or
continued anxiety, as these messengers travel throughout the body.
After a period of time, the parasympathetic nervous system gets called into
action. Its role is to return the body to normal functioning once the perceived
danger is gone. The parasympathetic system is the system we all know and
love, because it returns us to a calm relaxed state.
When we engage in a coping strategy that we have learned, for example, a
relaxation technique, we are in fact willing the parasympathetic nervous system
into action. A good thing to remember is that this system will be brought into
action at some stage whether we will it or not. The body cannot continue in
an ever-increasing spiral of anxiety. It reaches a point where it simply must kick
in, relaxing the body. This is one of the many built-in protection systems our
bodies have for survival.
You can do your best with worrying thoughts, keeping the sympathetic nervous
system going, but eventually it stops. In time, it becomes a little smarter than
us, and realizes that there really is no danger. Our bodies are incredibly
intelligent—modern science is always discovering amazing patterns of
intelligence that run throughout the cells of our body. Our body seems to have
infinite ways of dealing with the most complicated array of functions we take for
granted. Rest assured that your body’s primary goal is to keep you alive and
well.
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