Fight or Flight, is it from Science class?
justam
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A science teacher told my class: when faced with something frightening or dangerous, in the ancient parts of our brains, people have the instinctual response of "Fight or Flight". This just meant that people either run away or stand and face whatever is making them afraid. He told us that some people are more likely to choose the first response, and some people are more likely to choose the other. Survival was partially based upon making the right choice in a given situation.
She had to admit that her first, unplanned response was usually the second choice. Run away! Run away! Run far, far away! Even if it was just the habit of avoidance. Don't look at the problem, and run away that way. Kind of foolish, yes, she knew it was.
What if that wasn't the best response to the fear-invoking challenge? Could this habitual response be a hinderance to personal progress? What if she chose the other response? Stand and face whatever it was? How many years had she been existing between un-planned responses to problems? She wasn't sure, but it did seem like a long time.
What if a person became aware of the triggers that caused one to want to run? Would that help? Could a person consciously choose a new response? Would a person develop more if she didn't just jump on her first anxiety-driven flight? What if part of the problem was a lack of awareness as to what was triggering the desire to run? Maybe it wasn't always what she guessed it was? What if it was something else entirely?!
She had to admit that her first, unplanned response was usually the second choice. Run away! Run away! Run far, far away! Even if it was just the habit of avoidance. Don't look at the problem, and run away that way. Kind of foolish, yes, she knew it was.
What if that wasn't the best response to the fear-invoking challenge? Could this habitual response be a hinderance to personal progress? What if she chose the other response? Stand and face whatever it was? How many years had she been existing between un-planned responses to problems? She wasn't sure, but it did seem like a long time.
What if a person became aware of the triggers that caused one to want to run? Would that help? Could a person consciously choose a new response? Would a person develop more if she didn't just jump on her first anxiety-driven flight? What if part of the problem was a lack of awareness as to what was triggering the desire to run? Maybe it wasn't always what she guessed it was? What if it was something else entirely?!
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