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Parasympathetic Responses enhance “rest-and-digest” activities

• Mechanisms that help conserve and restore body energy during times of rest

• SLUDD type responses = salivation, lacrimation, urination, digestion & defecation and
Three “decreases”--- decreased Heart Rate, diameter of airways and diameter of pupil

• Paradoxical fear when there is no escape route or no way to win
– causes massive activation of parasympathetic division
– loss of control over urination and defecation

The parasympathetic control is situated either in the top or in the bottom the body : for our purpose, it regards svadhishthana