trauma

When exposed to trauma, the body deploys its own defense system. From the first second that the brain receives the signal that a catastrophe has happen. The blood rushes to the organs that need help the most. Blood flows into the muscles, the lungs, the heart, the brain. The brain makes a decision for the rest of the body. Either face the danger or runaway. It’s a mechanism designed to protect the body from harm. From knowing that what has happen might be irreparable. We call it shock.

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When the shock where’s off, when the body can accept that a trauma has happened, when it can let down its defenses, it’s a scary moment. It’s vulnerable. The shock response had protected us and it just might have saved us.

- Meredith Grey (Season11, Ep.9-Where Do We Go From Here)