#66 The Three F's.

I've always heard
that fight or flight
are the choices we have
when fear overwhelms us.

Now I've learned
there has always been
a third choice on the books
if you think you are about to die.

I call it squatting down in the road
I experience it as numbing out
I feel it as floating away
It's known as dissociation.

It turns out
It's not unusual.
Not everyone has the strength to fight.
Not everyone has the means to flee.

Little kids
in particular
will find that their bodies
make the decision for them.

With or without
our permission or knowledge
Fighting or Fleeing
loses out to Freezing.