Your mental health is just as important as your physical,
maybe short term physical because a certain amount of time without water you'd die, but long term because if you had all the physical things to survive but none of the mental you would maybe end of dying from depression (ifykyk)
So it's not really a either or, it's a which one will kill you sooner. /: sorry that sounded depressing
Answer: The sympathetic nervous system connects the internal organs to the brain by spinal nerves. When stimulated, these nerves prepare the organism for stress by increasing the heart rate, increasing blood flow to the muscles, and decreasing blood flow to the skin.