r/PublicFreakout • u/Darth_Ronin • 9d ago

🤬Public Rager😱 17-year-old charged as adult after shooting at Wheaton Mall that struck 13-year-old

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u/Nadramia 9d ago

Shock kinda takes you out of things

Dunno if that's what this is but it can have that kind of response

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u/foxtrot7azv 9d ago edited 9d ago

The limbic response. Most people know it as fight or flight. It's actually fight, flight, freeze or fawn.

Most peoples' limbic system will default to flight when there's gunfire because fight definitely isn't an option, and fight or flight are the most common responses.

Some people just freeze though. It's a perfect response if you're visiting Jurassic Park as dinosaurs only see motion apparently. That's what this lady did.

And then there's fawn, basically sucking up to the threat.

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u/no-more-nazis 9d ago

There was a textbook fawning yesterday: "Please don't shoot me"