Okay, so you’re up a ladder and over-extended holding a too-heavy thing, something slips, and both of the immediately apparent options are not good.
So lets say you got really lucky, and through fear-induced brute strength, don’t fall.
Afterwards, for maybe as much as an hour, you feel all weak and trembly – drop things; uncomfortable up high.
What is that? Biologically, what would be the reason for that reaction – train you to avoid the situation again? Seems like it would likely create another accident instead.
Forrest
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Maybe something to do with blood sugar or insulin levels.
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Yeah, but it seems to be related to that rush-of-fear-lift-the-car-off-the-baby reaction.
Forrest
I think a smart fella could educate u on the sypathetic nervous system v. the parasypathetic nervous system, and how adrenaline is released in a "fight or flight "reaction, and the after effects of said reaction physiologically on the body, How it temporarily constricts the blood vessels, boosting bp, and after, a drop in bp, similar to a vagus response, feeling washed out.( this all coming from a sketchy memory take it for what its worth)
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I think it's the body's way of re-inforcing the order, " Don't ####ing do that , ever, ###ing again!"
Bet you'll remember it better 'cause of the hangover, wontcha? See, it works.
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all good adrenaline junkies know you will be seeking another good fix early tomorrow. Admit it, you enjoyed the rush!
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all the blood rushed to your sphincter, leaving an oxygen deficiency in the rest of the body, hence the weakness. the suction cup effect of the pucker is probably what held you into place long enough to find another way to survive. back in my "hey, ya'll, watch this" days, i think i actually levitated from the pucker on a few occasions.
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Forrest
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My money's on the UNsympathetic nervous system.
I lifted a pump that was hung on a very thin poly hose using a come-along and a screwdriver stuck in the pipe every so often to enable me to get another purchase on it. 150' of that, and the wire coiling around my feet, the screwdriver holes ripping a bit....took about two hours. (Later on i learned there exist people who will come to your house with machinery to do this.)
I was so high for so long wondering if something would rip out and send the pump travelling to the bottom, winding me up in the wire, that the whole next day i could barely walk, my legs were so shot.
Same reason we go back for more.
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You may have had time to think it over... and gone into a bit of shock.
I held on as a small part of the transmission of electricity from the secondaries of an old farm house to the ground. Fortunately, the aluminum ladder was a better conductor and the grass at the bottom was wet. That was 1978.
I shook for a while.
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Edited 4/9/2008 10:21 pm by hasbeen
> So lets say you got really lucky, and through fear-induced brute strength, don't fall.
You have two things going on here: Fear, and excessive use of brute strength. If you make an equally excessive use of brute strength without the fear, it takes your muscles a little time to recover. So, subtract that from the first case, and what you have left is the part that comes from fear. That difference may be the adrenaline.
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