my niece, a horny "friend", uncle rnch, baseball bat.....perhaps i over reacted?

[biteme]

Biteme, hypothetical situation. You come home from a hard days work and hear the gf you love so much yelling, "get off me!" You run in and see some guy on top of her......what's going on in your head?

Red with rage.

 

[biteme]

I might kill the guy depending on the circumstances.

 

[crew9]

I might kill the guy depending on the circumstances.

...

 

[heavy_duty]

Rage = not good---> too unpredictable.

Much better to be in Control of all your emotions. This way in a split second you know how you're going to subdue, hurt, kill, maim, call COPS whatever...

Adrenalin, Anxiety, Fear, Rage all tossed together does not make for a good cocktail.

Red with rage.

 

[SpyWizard]

Fight Flight Or Freeze....nothing is ingraned...not everybody has a survival mindset.

with training, the survival mindset can be conditioned to respond in a desired manner..

case in point..

when a firefighter rushes into a burning building

 

[cindylou]

Fight Flight Or Freeze....nothing is ingraned...not everybody has a survival mindset.

FLIGHT!

I found that out when I came home at lunch and there were two burglars in my house.

I got the hell out of my house as fast as I could.

Its funny a baseball bat is mentioned. I now keep one next to my bed waiting for them to try again. Never felt so violated in my life. They stole my jewlery ; they went thru all my drawers. Broke everything they could. It was awful.

 

[heavy_duty]

Yep!

with training, the survival mindset can be conditioned to respond in a desired manner..

case in point..

when a firefighter rushes into a burning building

 

[heavy_duty]

FLIGHT -
Some COPS ran like hell during 9-11
Some ran to save their lives, some ran home to save family, some ran scared as shit. We don't know for sure what we're going to do untill it happens. We can only prepare.

FLIGHT!

I found that out when I came home at lunch and there were two burglars in my house.

I got the hell out of my house as fast as I could.

Its funny a baseball bat is mentioned. I now keep one next to my bed waiting for them to try again. Never felt so violated in my life. They stole my jewlery ; they went thru all my drawers. Broke everything they could. It was awful.

 

[cindylou]

FLIGHT -
Some COPS ran like hell during 9-11
Some ran to save their lives, some ran home to save family, some ran scared as shit. We don't know for sure what we're going to do untill it happens. We can only prepare.

I wonder if the instinct might change over a lifetime?

 

[crew9]

I wonder if the instinct might change over a lifetime?

I think it's more the circumstances that change your reaction. Girls might freeze but when you put their little ones in danger I guarantee they aren't freezing.