Think of the last time you were in a stressful or dangerous situation. What did you do? Chances are you implemented one of the three responses that automatically come into action when a person is faced with a situation that induces stress or leads to danger―the Fight-Flight-Freeze technique. This suggests that a person's body will adopt any of these three techniques to deal with, and save himself/herself from a dangerous situation. This technique was first introduced by Walter Bradford Cannon and spoke of the body's response to a stressful situation by adopting the fight or flight response. The freeze response has since then been added. In earlier times, stressful situations referred to the animals in the wild, and man had to be in a ready state when encountered with these to either fight or run away from them. In modern society, the elements of stress have been replaced by deadlines, meetings, noise pollution, rush-hour traffic, and the like. When our body is in a state of danger, the hypothalamus gets stimulated and leads to a sequence of chemical release and nerve cell firing that prepares us for fighting or running. The hypothalamus releases chemicals, like adrenaline, noradrenaline, and cortisol into our bloodstream which lead to a series of dramatic changes―the respiratory rate increases, pupils dilate, blood is shunted from the digestive tract to our muscles and limbs, providing them extra energy for the two responses―running or fighting, the sight sharpens, one's awareness intensifies, the perception of pain diminishes, our impulses quicken, and our immune system mobilizes due to increased activity. We, thus, become prepared―both physically and psychologically―for fight or flight. Once the danger has passed, the body returns to normalcy. Even though these methods are coping techniques and they are meant to protect us, constant and overuse of these can lead to harmful effects, thus, negating their very purpose. In case of the fight and flight technique, this is what happens―another physiological change that takes place in the body is the release of blood clotting factors, in order to prepare the body in case of injury during fight or flight. Besides physical injury, mental stress also causes for the same responses. However, since there is no physical injury, these blood clotting factors which are released in the blood, get deposited on the walls of the arteries forming plaque. Prolonged and severe stress leads to continuous accumulation of plaque, blocking the arteries, and increasing the risk of, or eventually leading to cardiac arrest. Thus, even though this is not deliberately done, and we have no control over the same, it is, nevertheless, an indirect negative side effect that comes about because of this technique. Given the change brought about in stressful situations that we face daily, like deadlines and meetings, we are rarely allowed to employ the fight and flight technique. Because, how do we fight against a system that is the enemy? Yet, our body still continues to prepare us for these responses even today, which is essential because in case of a real stressful and dangerous situation, these are the techniques that will help us survive.