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ELI5: Why does embarrassment manifest in such strong physical responses such as blushing, sweating, loss of breath, etc?

Interested in understanding how the feelings of embarrassment can activate such noticeable physical responses when other emotions have little to no identifiable physical responses.
gpt
shame/embarrassment activate the same sympathetic nervous system pathways as danger, so the physiological response is the fight/flight (or freeze, fawn, etc) one. that activation releases hormones like adrenaline & cortisol that create those physiological effects.