remember when I told the cautionary tale of dinosaurs and the importance of the adrenal function?
The buildup of cortisol in the system will eventually lead to the decay of the body mind and spirit, sounds too EMO to be true?? enter ------> one way or another, blondie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-P9FjArlxs&feature=related
The flight/fight response is a natural response. There are those people who seemingly fly off the handle at small things and forget as quickly as it began and wear their hearts on their sleeves, bless them, actually may have the right idea. Their lovely extroverted souls will stamp out the slamming door and take themselves out for a walk or a run. Everyone knows they are stressed, they know they are stressed. There are no secret ponderings on how they feel and no second guessings on whether they doing the right thing setting their spouses car on fire upon finding out about the office affair. They are stressed DAMMIT and it will be the excuse they will give when they calm down, the beauty of these people is they are willing to forgive others as readily as they forgive themselves for whatever life throws at them. Mind you perhaps two thirds of the prison popultion is made up of the more extreme cases. Impulse control peoples!! enter -----> the prisoner, iron maiden
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO0ToyrMBU0
However, there is an equal and reactive opposite of these lovely souls. Perhaps they fill one tenth of the prison population when their schemes for world domination unravel (in extreme cases). These introverted souls will suck up stress like a heavy duty wet and dry vac and plod along seemingly to others around that nothing bothers them. They are like the tip of the iceberg. It will take ages to know these people well. Yup, you guessed it....that is I the self proclaimed martyr woman. These people don't slam doors, they don't wear their hearts on their sleeves and they don't always respond to stress the way others do. It doesn't mean they are a pushover. They will simply remove themselves from a situation so they can read a book, take in a movie or try to relax. Quiet time to reflect so they can sanely react without ruffling their own and others feathers. For those who cannot stand yet another confrontation when it is sharply following another and another they tend to want to just go to bed and sleep instead. enter ------> endless sea, iggy pop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu4zt3Lutwo
This is the rabbit response and it is opposed to the fight or flight response and yet is exactly the same without the snarling, retribution or running (remember running and fighting is a good thing). A rabbit is so low on the food chain. They are prey to every carnivore or omnivore. From day after day barrage of meeting needs and obligations they have no space left in their reserves to recharge, some of these people will mimick what the rabbit does. When attacked they will put their ears low and stay close to the ground. Hiding in plain sight the rabbit will appear ok after a cat attack with no visible marks. They will be cuddly and limp and even affectionate........then they die of shock. You will wonder why you ever bought a rabbit if this has ever happened to you......not ok!!
Lessons learnt from this exercise?
don't be a bunny!! How obvious!!
when you have realised that you are indeed a bunny you need to get yourself somewhere quiet to recover.
strengthen your reserves so that you may become the tiger bunny like the one pictured above....an energizer bunny!! enter -----eye of the tiger, survivor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu9xx5Ri278
....not really....just learn that there are so many roles and obligations that a person can fulfill before entering the world of bunny mimicking.
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