Wednesday, 16 January 2013

Fear & adrenaline



   Fear and adrenaline? What is so significant about these? Are they important or not? Well they are. They are the things which make us human, it makes us real. Without fear we have no feeling. Without adrenaline, we have no options.

FEAR-

   It is a human instinct which we grow up with. We can fear anyone and anything. Clowns, spiders. Even ourselves. I noticed that I feared myself. I was in constant danger of myself. For what I would do to myself and others if I let that fear take over. I used to live in my own world where I would always be looking over my shoulder. Always running from myself. It scared me a lot and I didn’t want to tell anyone, I didn’t want to say anything. I used to hurt myself to get rid of the fear; I used to cut to numb my feeling to it. It was endless. No relief, just pain. I also have other fears like clowns. Gawd, they scare the hell out of me. It must be their rather insane laughter and twisted sense of humour which does it. Or it could be that they were really strange. Getting the shudders just thinking about them now.

   I know a few people with unusual fears. Socks, yes, those things you put on your feet. It’s funny to read but believe me, she is terrified of socks. Here’s some more:

- Hats
- Rings
- People
- TV
- Music
- Spiders
- And the end of the world

   My view on fear is that it’s a warning system and a lesson. We learn to feel fear and then we learn to avoid it. My fear of myself is still here, I avoid slipping back in my own world, not just for me but for others, for those who love me. It’s hard to explain in word and the only way to explain is to go back to that world and feel it again. If you would like me to do that then I will, but it will hurt me.

ADRENALINE-

   Here’s a question. Would you fight to the bitter end or run away? Fight or flight? Most of you will say fight but would you really? When it came to it, would you actually fight? Picture this:

You’re in a trench with bodies of your friends who are dead. You are on your own with only your fists and no weapons. You have been hiding in the cold dark mud. Hungry and thirsty. You are always hoping it would end and that you are in a warm bed back home. There is no hope for survival. Your senses are acute and you can hear people walking towards you. Chances are that they are hunting for survivors and there is only you. What would you do? Fight to the bitter end hungry, cold, thirsty, weak and hopeless. Or would you run?

   Adrenaline is something which gives you a high. It prepares you to fight. It can prepare you to run too. I would personally run, take my chances and run. I wouldn’t care if I died but I would die a proud man. It is basically your body releasing endorphins, no not dolphins, those endorphins then go to your brain and stimulates everything. Your sight, hearing, smell, feel, thinking and touch. It gives us an edge which then gives us two choices. Fight being one of them and flight being the other.

   So there we have it. My first new blogpost. Not the best but it is something which may interest you. Until next time, keep reading.

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