"The way I see it, our natural human instinct is to fight or flee that which we perceive to be dangerous. Although this mechanism evolved to protect us, it serves as the single greatest limiting proces..."
- Charles F. Glassman
"When you become aggressive in arguments, you force the other person to become defensive which means they’ll either get ready to fight you or ready to flee from you."
- Sam Owen
"Correctly identifying a negative emotion takes the brain out of fight-or-flight mode and into problem-solving mode, out of tension, anger and confusion and into ease, calm and clarity."
"Are you gay, Cherie? Me, No… I’m not anything… I-I mean I prefer not to indulge, I stammered.“Really... how do you mean?”Well love has been an elusive story, like a fairytale adults tell children but ..."
- Darwun St. James
"During the time of stress, the “fight-or-flight” response is on and the self-repair mechanism is disabled. It is then when we say that the immunity of the body goes down and the body is exposed to the..."
- Annie Wilson
"He tried to decide if he was really ashamed of being afraid, and decided that he was not. Fear was there for a purpose. It was wired into any creature that had not completely turned its back on its ev..."
- Iain M. Banks
"Negative emotional states are a breeding ground for mistakes."
"Fear of a bully, fear of a volcano; the power within you does not distinguish. It does not recognize degree."
- N.K. Jemisin
"We hit every jazz and blues club on and off Bourbon Street, dancing and drinking until we girls were drunk enough to go with the boys to the strip clubs which outnumbered all other businesses in the F..."
"we're thieves, we're rats. We know when to fight and when to run."
- Victoria Aveyard