This is your fight-or-flight response, and without thinking, you instinctively escape (if you can), freeze (if you can’t escape), or shield yourself somehow in order to protect yourself. Your PAR motivates you to act quickly, without thinking, and once you are out of danger or realize that you weren’t really in danger, your PAR begins to dampen. Your body and mind calm. Your attention opens again, and your fear begins to fade.

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