Certain individuals after a traumatic experience may display a marked degree of excitement. This may be due to: psychological factors (e.g., having been rescued). biochemical and hormonal changes (which may occur when we are deeply "shocked").
These changes may also help individuals to feel less pain after a traumatic injury.
This unusual reaction is probably due to the fact that the body produces itself certain substances called "endorphins" or "natural opiates".
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