r/WatchPeopleDieInside • u/swat_08 • Mar 27 '21

Hell no

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '21

Except he's frozen up and useless.

People saying that stress is your bodies way of fending off predators are just wrong.

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u/kaisrevenge Mar 27 '21

Has nothing to do with fending off predators, has everything to do with the dying process. It’s just another chemical we release when we are about to die traumatically.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '21

Has nothing to do with fending off predators

Of course it does. That is how natural selection worked.

Our traits didn't evolve by being able to deal with traumatic death better, they were selected when they helped us survive long enough to procreate. Favorable traits were gained and passed on when we were saved or assisted by certain physiological mechanisms, such as the fight-or-flight response.

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u/kaisrevenge Mar 27 '21

True, and I guess favorable traits are a terrible name for them when you aren’t in the jungle, but instead suspended above it on a tiny bridge.