I've only got to see an animal on TV and I start screaming. I don't like the feeling of claustrophobia either.
Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.
Anxiety is a kind of fuel that activates the fight-or-flight part of the brain in me. It makes sure that a velociraptor isn't around the corner and that you do as much as you possibly can to survive. Because Hollywood has a lot in common with 'Jurassic Park' and its primeval-dinosaur universe.
When threatened, the nervous system sometimes goes into a 'freeze response.' You assess the risk and determine that fight or flight doesn't help you. Staying put does.
I'm constantly running away from everything. I'm running away from things on a daily basis. I run away from relationships. I run away from responsibilities.
Animals of all classes, old and young, shrink with instinctive fear from any strange object approaching them.
The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good.
I am always running away from something.
If there is any form of contagion that is adaptive, it is the immediate response to the fear of others. If others are fearful, there may be good reason for you to be fearful too.
Don't play dead with a vulture. That's exactly what they want.
