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rasa2013 t1_iuh2lsx wrote

You've probably heard of "fight or flight response" at some point. Most animals have one. What it really refers to isn't just behavior, it's physiology.

Your body literally has systems dedicated to fight or flight response. In your brain, there are brain regions that activate in response to threat and get your body ready to survive. It's supposed to be functional: if you need to fight or run, you need adrenaline, focused attention, threat awareness, more blood to get to your muscles, and to know you're in danger.

Panic attack is when that response is triggered (where the idea of a trigger comes from) even though there isn't imminent danger from a third party perspective. Sometimes not even from your own perspective.

From the POV of your body, though, it's just trying to protect you. It has associated something with severe threat and it's responding appropriately.

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Reytorio t1_iui61hs wrote

Couldnt for example olympia 100m sprinter somehow activate the fof response and beat Usain bolt's record?

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Alchemical_Lightning t1_iuirj6l wrote

Technically ultra-competive environments usually trigger a similar response in the body anyway, just the method of the trigger differs.(music, meditation, rituals, etc)

And the technically technically if someone who had equal or greater amounts of fast twitch muscle fibers compared to Usain Bolt could run faster anyway, Usain Bolt could set a new record probably if say a tiger was chasing him

So what I'm trying to say is your top speed is determined by ratio of fast:slow twitch muscle fibers, the adrenaline determines more how easily you can reach this top speed.

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Reytorio t1_iuisbqd wrote

Interesting..thanks! Reminds me of the idea to host olympic games with drugs allowed.. just now with a Tiger chasing you xD

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