...The "fight-or-flight response", also called the "fight-or-flight-or-freeze response", the "fright, fight or flight response", "hyperarousal" or the "acute stress response", was first described by Walter Cannon in 1929. harvardsquarelibrary: W. B. Cannon Bodily Changes in Pain, Hunger, Fear and Rage: An Account of Recent Researches into the Function of Emotional Excitement, Appleton, New York, 1915 Bracha, H.S. et. al. (2004). Does "Fight or Flight" Need Updating? in Psychosomatics, 45:448-449, October 2004. Read full entry
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Anyone know how to control the I have several years of
martial arts training, however
most of it was spent honing my
self control instead of my
actual combat prowess. I need
to know if there is anyway to
learn how to control
adrenaline when a fight
happens, so I can control the
"fight or flight" response. I
have seen enough fights to
know that sometimes even a
skilled fighter can freeze up
if not trained well enough at
controlling themselves. Any
tips or ideas?
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The best thing for you or particularly anyone in your situation is to slow the mind. Remember, this is hard science. The thing that works best for me may not work in your favor. But I would tell you what works for me anyway. What I do is calm the mind by doing some yoga even if you don't like yoga, try some music that would suit you. Then do some meditation. Mindful meditation where you last long. Remember, there are 2 types of stamina. One is physical and other is mental. Time and time again, people forget about the mind. Your mind just works exactly the same way as your muscles. The way you train your mind would reflect on how you are going to respond to weird or dangerous situations. So basically, do mindful meditation for as long as you can last. Like I said(do not forget your mental stamina). You want to control the response. It's not going to happen just like that. You need to exercise your mind in some unique way. After you have done the meditation. Visualisation is also good but I would just dig it in to the main part. You have not told us if you practise martial arts. Well anyway, if you do, make sure that you are prepared in sparring for a unique workout. What you are going to do is you and your sparring partner are going to go at it in a very brutal manner.(Does not mean kill eachother). One type of exercise is tell your partner to hold some kind of weapon in front of him such as a knife to begin with. Then you start visualising by taking some deep breaths and think about what you are going to do if you were actually in a knife confrontation in a actual self defense situation. After you have done that, tell your partner to use the weapon on you by using limited rules. The rules are for you to make. And you try to do what it takes to defend against it. Then after you have done that. Make it more harder. And make sure you keep visualising before you start. And always think your way through. Then sooner or later, make sure to take some kind of hits. Not too hard though. Just so you get the impression that you are going to get hit in a street fight. And when getting hit in training, you will be guaranteed confidence on the streets. And it wouldn't hurt much if you do it the way I said, by visualising and taking deep breaths. The final thing is always stay calm. By training the the way I have told you here, it would definitely help you stay calm. And you are going to train your mind in such a way that it can resist the fight or flight response. So just make sure to stay calm Thanks |
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Is there a way to achieve the Fight or flight may also be
known as an "adrenaline rush".
In nearly every article read,
it states that this
characteristic appears under
great stress in a person, and
I've not been able to see any
other cause.
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Be surprised/scared! Having paranoia. Also, there may be a drug that could induce it, but I can't think of one. |
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Alcohol and the Fight or does the Fight or Flight
response even go off if
someone is intoxicated?
because alcohol increases
confidence, slows the
brain...but isn't the Fight or
Flight response automatic?
you know Liquid
Courage....Beer Muscles.
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It would slow down because it depresses the nervous system and gives a false sense of confidence because it temporarily nuetralizes anxiety. Depending on the persons level of intoxication it would go off very slowly, too late. or not even at all. Think of all the dangerous accidents/deaths that have taken place to people who've been drunk. I would think it does. |
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