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What I mean specifically have you ever been in a situation where you are in very sudden physical danger where you are forced to react without thinking? This is called fight or flight and it is a real phenomenon. People will auto response fight, run or freeze. Its not a conscious decision because there is no time for evaluation.

Its something you have no control over. No matter your personality or what you think of yourself you don't know what kind of man you are until tested. I actually feel bad for a man who will never know who he is in this manner. I think many people go through their whole lives never being tested in this way.

What I mean specifically have you ever been in a situation where you are in very sudden physical danger where you are forced to react without thinking? This is called fight or flight and it is a real phenomenon. People will auto response fight, run or freeze. Its not a conscious decision because there is no time for evaluation. Its something you have no control over. No matter your personality or what you think of yourself you don't know what kind of man you are until tested. I actually feel bad for a man who will never know who he is in this manner. I think many people go through their whole lives never being tested in this way.

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I have been in a number of tricky outdoor situations (bad slips down mountains, bad ATV accidents, large animal encounters) and have always stayed naturally calm and instantly reacted to get out of the situation and/or help the people I was with. However I feel that I truly realized I am not a person who freezes in bad situations when I found my ex-fiance hanging...took him down immediately started doing CPR and called 911 while doing it. It wasn't til after the emts took over did I realize that I don't think most women could have lifted a grown man dead weight out of a noose, let alone not just freeze and freak out. Worst day of my life but I do feel confident I will act in any situation that I need to.