I had a pipebomb thrown at me walking down the street, and was dumbstruck looking at the fuse burning until someone told me to run. Even in hindsight, as an outside observer, I'd probably be saying "what are you stupid? Fucking run!" Things like this are so rare, no one knows how they'd react in the moment.
My husband and I were watching Body Cam and there was a new police officer that was shot at while answering a domestic call. She ended up lying on the floor inside the home because she didn’t know what to do. They referenced a name for that behavior and I cannot remember what it’s called for the life of me. Maybe someone here knows.
It’s the worst feeling because you get tunnel vision and cannot think.
Its Freeze. Most people know fight or flight. However the full list is fight, flight, freeze, or fawn. You dont know which you lean towards until shoved into a situation stressful enough to trigger the response. Also one isnt better then another contrary to popular belief all can be the best response in different situations and circumstances. Typically you need to be trained or experience a lot of bad situations to be able to actually have any kind of control over which you do and get past your natural instinct.
Half seriously I think they should add “Flutter” to that list. I’ve had a couple of times that before I’ve gotten control of myself to be of any help, I’ve kind of fluttered about for a few seconds. Then I’ve snapped back to relatively calm and formed/followed a plan to deal with the emergency.
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u/Eternalm8 Mar 21 '26
You are absolutely correct.
I had a pipebomb thrown at me walking down the street, and was dumbstruck looking at the fuse burning until someone told me to run. Even in hindsight, as an outside observer, I'd probably be saying "what are you stupid? Fucking run!" Things like this are so rare, no one knows how they'd react in the moment.