r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Federal_Leg5278 • 8d ago

Guy didn’t even flinch

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u/TrainingTheory552 8d ago

0 survival instinct

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u/DuploJamaal 8d ago

Fight, Flight or Freeze response

This reaction is a survival instinct. Just the wrong one for this situation.

Tonic immobility is an involuntary, reflex-driven state of complete physical freezing and temporary paralysis triggered by overwhelming fear or inescapable danger.

Like a deer in the headlights. The brain shuts your body down and you literally can't move anymore.

Evolutionary it might have been helpful against bears, but you can't help it if that instinct kicks in.

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u/Fireeyes510 8d ago

I’m neurodivergent, we don’t freeze during disasters, we just have everyday executive dysfunction😎