UllrsIshtar -> RE: Awesome scene lined up (8/2/2017 5:14:29 PM)
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ORIGINAL: DocStrange I wanted touch on something UllrsIstar spoke about. She experienced the “fight or flight” (FOF) response of the body perceiving it was in danger. Another person posted it was the right thing to do was to leave. UllrsIstar responded saying it was not the right to do. I agree with UllrsIstar to this point but I want to point out why. When the body’s “fight or flight” response kicks in it changes the body not just mentally but physically also. Adrenaline, noradrenaline and cortisol are released into the blood stream. This prepares the body for fight or flight. Blood is diverted from the intestinal track to the muscles, pupils dilate, time slows down and the mind become very focused. This served the caveman well for survival back in primitive days. In the days of the caveman, the FOF response was counteracted by physical activity. The act of running or fighting, the high physical activity metabolizes the hormones released and returns the individual to a state of calm. In modern times the fight or flight response can put us in danger. The FOF response often causes the rational mind to be bypassed. In the case of modern day stress or the example UllrsIstar gave the FOF can be triggered, but the person is not able to exert the physical activity to counter act the body's FOF response. This leads the person to become aggressive, over reactive, hypersensitive which can put them in more danger especially in public. Dr. Neil writes a great article on this. I would suggest reading it. Dr. Neil on Fight or Flight Response I agree and endorse all of this all of this. You are 100% correct and I believe that when a bottom is in FoF, you shouldn't let them leave, but help them calm down. However... (and this isn't relevant to anything you said, it's just an aside... so people the following has no impact to anything DocStrange said!!!)... I get to the point of FoF quite often during my play. In fact, it's a state I push for on purpose, and it happened at various points during my week with my captor. I'm familiar with the state, and how it feels, and how to deal with it. What happened this time wasn't FoF. Instead I think I experienced an episode of psychological decompensation, and had what basically amounted to a minor psychotic break. I think that the decompensation was caused, at least in part, by the fact that I suffered various FoF reactions that day (and the prior days) for which I had no physical outlets... other triggers included active sensory deprivation, sleep deprivation, freshly being tortured (and accompanying hormone flood), as well as being on half rations calorie wise for a week. Basically I reached a point where I could no longer process what I was experiencing, and suffered temporary psychosis as a result. Which is different from a FoF, because FoF isn't the result of being unable to process an event, but rather one of going into hyper-processing as a method of protecting yourself against the current event. The hyper focus that's so typical with FoF was completely absent for me, I was instead very unfocused and scattered, I was sluggish, dull, and passive, had problems with short term memory, and trouble with physical coordination. Oh, and I was very very itchy for some reason. [:D] So totally agree with you... but that's not what happened. [;)]
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