Why can’t we trigger our own fight or flight response, purposefully, on command?
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>Why can’t we trigger our own fight or flight response, purposefully, on command?
We can trigger our own fight or flight response and with a little practice you can likely do it on command. I sometimes accidentally do it to myself when I am getting tired at night – it is not a pleasant experience though so I try to avoid trying to figure out how to do it on purpose. I honestly don’t know why so many people in this thread seem to think that you need a real actual threat to trigger fight or flight. Could it be that I have trauma from my youth that I don’t remember that lets me trigger my fight or flight response with the right train of thought?
For what it is worth, most people have probably triggered their fight or flight response at least a couple of times in their lives – the most common trigger (if the memes are to be believed) is when you have soap in your eyes and you get the feeling that someone is behind you and you start to freak out trying to wash your eyes as quickly as possible so you can face the threat.
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