A poll of sorts

Dec 23, 2005 21:54

So, most people say that, in response to danger, people pick one of two responses: fight or flight. I found somewhere, on a website pertaining to personality types, an opinion that two other defensive strategies found in nature should be considered as well: freeze and flurry. Freeze being found among animals that play dead, or the proverbial deer ( Read more... )

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pixink December 24 2005, 05:42:46 UTC

I'm excellent at flying, I am.

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moonsail December 24 2005, 19:11:43 UTC
it varies greatly depending on my own state at the moment. it's also depends on the amount and type of stresses I've been under recently. The straight fight or flight seems to be more rooted to the primal instincts which are rarely operating at the surface. When they are operating at the surface it seems to be because the body is at a desperate set of stresses in which the higher levels of reaction have been stripped away, leaving the animal instinct at a higher level.

It also occurred to me that both the freeze and flurry are fast-food desserts. (;

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moonsail December 24 2005, 19:12:32 UTC
oh yeah, um i almost forgot to put this in here. your invited tonight to our place for food and holiday festiveness.

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