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I was going into a park one night to meet with some friends and smoke some weed and when I got there, I yelled "Where The White Women At?" because I knew one of the two friends that were supposed to be there would be bringing his white girlfriend. I thought I recognized his voice when I heard a yell back saying "Shut Up", so I started jogging in the direction of the sound where I thought I would meet my friends at a bench.

In the dead of the night, this shirtless dude with long poofy hair looking high or drunk as shit came out of some bushes, charging with what looked like murderous intent.

I thought like, well fuck is this really how it ends for me? That's it? I was unarmed and my eyes widened, I stopped in my tracks and put my fists up, thinking I was about to get into the bad end of an altercation.

Then the guy stops and pivots to my right at a walking pace saying "That's right, don't never run up on me like that" or some shit, and evidently he thought he was the one being targeted or jumped. I was confused so I was just like "What? No, I'm meeting some friends here, one of them has a white girlfriend that's why I yelled!" and we smoothed it over as a misunderstanding.

I was surprised I didn't just run away or froze up in shock, even if I was not thinking it would not turn out well I was happy with myself that I stood my ground preprared for the worst case scenario.

It's not the most interesting story but it got me interested in the fight or flight response.

Being honest with what you know about yourself or your past, do you think you respond to dangerous situations with flight or more fight? Or do you worry you might freeze up in that kind of case?