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Chronic pain is similar to a perpetually stressed state of being. During a fight-or-flight response to stress, our sympathetic nervous system releases adrenalin and other hormones. This increases the heart rate, breath rate, blood pressure and redirects blood flow to muscles. Normally this process lasts until the perceived threat or danger is gone; however, if someone is experiencing a constantly stressed state of being, their recuperative abilities to return to homeostasis are exhausted and threatened. The following symptoms may emerge: reduced immunity, diarrhea, constipation, fatigue, headaches, sleep disturbance and poor concentration, shortness of breath, weight loss or gain, increased muscle tightness or tension, anxiety and depression.