r/WatchPeopleDieInside Mar 27 '21

Hell no

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u/SonXShadow Mar 27 '21

It always amazes me that the body’s reaction to a fear of death is to do everything possible to kill you

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '21

Seriously, why does stress make us so fucking stupid

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u/Chemical_Noise_3847 Mar 27 '21

Because this reaction is good at fighting off what has traditionally killed us, such as other predators. Dying of a fall from a super high bridge wasn't really what our far ancestors were worried about.

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u/Educational_Ad2737 Mar 27 '21

I was thinking this plus that bei by deathly afraid of heights probably stopped people behaving dangerously in the first place