eli5 Why do you get hot as soon as you start to panic or have a major realization?

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This just happened to me today and I was instantly really hot and sweating. I’m curious why this happens and what causes it.

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To me personally, its a fight or flight type of situation. I ain’t no expert of course but I have had this situation many times.

It can come from many scenarios such as

-You in combat sport, when you realise you start losing points and time is almost up. Basically panic starts to kick in and your body goes into turbo mode to start giving the smackdown or you will lose. You will loose sense of time and tiredness for a short period of time.

-You witnessing someone getting robbed, murdered, shot or being attacked near you. This can easily trigger your fight or flight sense, you senses are heightened and you become very focused on what’s happening near you.

-You not doing housework and then hearing your parents on the way home.

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