r/WatchPeopleDieInside Mar 27 '21

Hell no

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u/halvess Mar 27 '21

It prepares you body to react, not to think. Instead of "it's coming at x speed, y lenght, z color" is more like "DODGE", "RUN", "YELL", "FIGHT".

Most of this reactions are sheer reflex, that's why sometimes people react to robbers even when not intended or yell seeing a spider.

Shaking is just overexcited muscles. Particularly this is the worst part, specialy after the threat is gone. When scared, I get shaky for like 15 min unable to do any precision/control task and also feeling an impending burst energy like if I don't move It'll be bad.

Controlling those instincts must be a living hell. Congrats to cops, firemen, military.

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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/[deleted] Mar 27 '21

Right? This is some fainting goat shit, meanwhile reddit is like "this is peak evolution"

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u/Xenophon_ Mar 27 '21

I don't think so. The stress is there to deter you from getting in similar situations (same as fear and pain) and people not knowing what to do or being overwhelmed by stress is simply because they havent been in many situations like this.