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?

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I kinda can after being through a lot of trauma. I only really do in situations where it would happen anyway. There’s a big backlash afterwards.

The whole point is to help you escape imminent death by releasing your body’s safety limiters. You’d tear yourself apart if you were like that all the time.

Similar to the people who are born unable to feel pain. They don’t usually live long. Pain has a serious function just like those safety limiters.

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