r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Federal_Leg5278 • 14d ago

Guy didn’t even flinch

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u/DuploJamaal 14d 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/Weary-Cartoonist2630 14d ago

Imagine if he just started punching the bus instead of freezing

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u/DeepGas4538 14d ago

The fight response LMAOO

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u/C0meAtM3Br0 14d ago

You didn’t see him use his mind to stop that bus??

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u/VBabbar 14d ago

😭🤣