Terry wrote:Fear is good if it teaches you to avoid threatening situations.
How long does it take for fear to occur?
I would think that being robbed or attacked by a dog would give you
more than enough time to assess the situation and respond emotionally.
I wud disagree with your thought.
During the 1990s, while returning from my girlfriend 's house around 1 am,
I was alone on Rt. 109 on Long Island, going toward Southern State Parkway to the City,
when an old car pulled abreast of me n put a bullet hole ( looked .38 )
in my driver 's side window about 3" forward of my position.
I did not vary my speed nor direction.
After thay saw my .44 stainless steel mirror revolver,
thay departed apace; ( must have had somewhere else to go ).
Fear was not an element in the incident.
Winston Churchill said that getting shot at " without effect " was exhilarating.
I only got a chuckle out of it; ( that and a hole in my window ).
Once I was attacked by a mountainous dog, named Boris,
according to his woman. He ambled up toward me with a huge smile,
until he was about a yard away, whereupon he lifted part of his lip up
into a snarl, and went airborne, landing one of his fangs in my left forearm.
I looked him in the face disdainfully, as if to say " what the hell r u doing ? "
and he broke off the attack instantly, sat down, and resumed his big smile.
Fear was not an element in the incident.
He left me with a .22 caliber fang hole in said forearm. It did not hurt,
but blood was falling out.
I told his woman that I wud not sue, and I did not sue her nor Boris.
For some years, I had that mark.
Quote:Does adrenaline suppress fear, or is it a response to fear?
I did not have enuf time to secrete it.
Maybe I have a slow or lazy endocrine system.
The rest of me is slow n lazy.
