Freezing in the middle of the street

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Originally Posted by wossname

Is that why you like NoteMe so much?

:rofl: :D

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Who says I like him? :ehh:

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Originally Posted by manavo11

So you would miss half an opera if you went to one? :D

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I used to be able to hear well above the average frequency, but now its down more like normal human beings. Only miss some cymbals and other very high frequencies. Nothing in the vocal range.

I've had a 'freezing in the middle of the street' episode with a motor cycle that 'appeared from nowhere'.

Scary stuff.

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Originally Posted by dglienna

I used to be able to hear well above the average frequency, but now its down more like normal human beings. Only miss some cymbals and other very high frequencies. Nothing in the vocal range.

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If you were missing from the vocal range then you should worry! :eek:

I have a friend that went almost totally deaf at age 30, due to the loud music and factory noise that he worked and played around for most of his life.

The reason for freezing is because you panic and you instincts take over. AKA freeze so you wont be seen. :)

The reason for acting quickly is probably because you dont think about it before doing it. When you are injured you enter a state where you have no restrictions. You probably hit that guy harder than you would do normally because the thoughts that we use to determine reasonable force are removed in favour of what you body considers survival :D

I froze after I jumped a foot, or so. Luckily the bus stopped!

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Originally Posted by BodwadUK

The reason for freezing is because you panic and you instincts take over. AKA freeze so you wont be seen. :)

The reason for acting quickly is probably because you dont think about it before doing it. When you are injured you enter a state where you have no restrictions. You probably hit that guy harder than you would do normally because the thoughts that we use to determine reasonable force are removed in favour of what you body considers survival :D

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Intersting theory, but unfortunatelly (or fortunatelly?) the police cars aren't T-Rexes :D

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Originally Posted by manavo11

..... I was surprised to notice (after my friends pulled me out of the road just in time to not get hit) that I also froze! I remember seeing the car, hearing the driver accelerate and come towards me, yet I stopped walking. :ehh: Freaky! .....

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No not freakey. Inexperienced. Obviously you have not been exposed to life threatening or perceived life threatening situations that involved fast moving objects heading towards you. Your subconsious brain didn't know what the hell to do. It has nothing to do with instinct it's all luck.

Take Deer A and Deer B. Deer A crosses a road for the first time. A car comes. Deer A's brain freezes. Deer A becomes Hamburger. Deer B crosses the road for the first time. Instead of freezing Deer B jumps forward. That moment of fear ingrains the act of incoming fast moving objects, fear and jumping into the Deer B's brain. Deer B will never be hit by a car in his life due to freezing. It's a very similar concept to how instructors use a combination of fear and conditioning to train soldiers and prepare them for combat. I read a good book on it years ago. If I remember the title I'll post it.

Any ways, your friends screwed you. Next time you are in the same situation you will probably freeze again. Your brain has associated freezing with survival in that situation. Dude Look both ways 4 times before you cross the street from now on :D

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Originally Posted by MasterBlaster

I read a good book on it years ago. If I remember the title I'll post it.

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Please do :) Sounds interesting :)

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Originally Posted by MasterBlaster

Any ways, your friends screwed you. Next time you are in the same situation you will probably freeze again. Your brain has associated freezing with survival in that situation. Dude Look both ways 4 times before you cross the street from now on :D

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Should they have let me get hit? :ehh:

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Originally Posted by manavo11

Should they have let me get hit? :ehh:

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Probably, if you live through it you would

A. No longer freeze in front of an incoming car
B. Won a massive lawsuit and be filthy rich right now.
C. Remember to look both ways before you cross a street

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or been killed, in which case your relatives would become filthy rich.

Or just plain filthy ;)

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Originally Posted by MasterBlaster

Probably, if you live through it you would

A. No longer freeze in front of an incoming car
B. Won a massive lawsuit and be filthy rich right now.
C. Remember to look both ways before you cross a street

:D

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:lol:

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Originally Posted by dglienna

or been killed, in which case your relatives would become filthy rich.

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:lol: :lol:

and you could have been re-incarnated as a, bird!
just kidding...

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Originally Posted by dglienna

and you could have been re-incarnated as a, bird!
just kidding...

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I still wouldn't be safe... I'd see speeding bullets coming towards me and freeze :)