Have you ever experienced strength from adrenaline?
By Morgan
@OneOfMany (12150)
United States
December 20, 2015 10:42pm CST
Adrenaline is that nifty flight or fight chemical in our bodies that gives up a momentary power boost to help us fight our way out of a situation or give us the ability to run away. I have used both forms to do different things and the result is always surprising.
When I was 8 years old I was pinned under a rock underwater and I thought I would die. I got the fight aspect of the adrenaline and lifted it off and almost got to the surface (I got pinned against other rocks and had lost the power boost by that time but still managed to summon enough strength to get to the air). I have tried to lift rocks half the size of that one underwater and I can't even budge them. It's amazing how strong the body becomes under the right conditions.
I have used the flight response many times. Once I jumped off a ladder because wasps had started to swarm me. If I jumped off that height under normal circumstances I might break something, but back then the power from adrenaline gave me the ability to land without so much as a sore muscle. I have also used it to run really fast without losing my breath before.
Adrenaline and the temporary 'super powers' that you get from chemically enhanced biology is really amazing. What ways have you experienced it?
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@sallypup (69177)
• Centralia, Washington
21 Dec 15
Those are powerful examples and scary. I am finding it harder and harder to make myself get into my car and face first the snowed up driveway then the who knows what roads- got to get hubby to work. Only maybe fifteen miles or so but oh Lord those roads and the ditches!! The other morning he fixed me a nice hot breakfast. I told him I could not eat it. I grabbed a chunk of banana and headed for the car- had to go while I had some adrenaline to power my nerves. I gratefully ate the food cold when I safely was home again.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
21 Dec 15
Sounds like you need to combat the road situations with either a different car or something that makes it less treacherous. A little adrenaline in that situation would make me jittery.
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@sallypup (69177)
• Centralia, Washington
21 Dec 15
@OneOfMany I wonder if I do need to give in and buy an SUV? With hocus pocus money.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
21 Dec 15
@sallypup Or better snow tires. Snow tires and chains. :P
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
30 Dec 15
there is flight, fight, and as I like to call it freeze. I freeze. I dont run, I dont fight, I freeze, rather like a silly rabbit....
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
31 Dec 15
@OneOfMany I have a feeling military might train ppl to be able to do that.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
31 Dec 15
@Jessicalynnt Maybe. I think with the right systems we could turn people into super soldiers when we need the power. An internal trigger that puts us into that mode. You are pretty capable exceeding your norm
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
30 Dec 15
It's like a small animal when exposed to danger. They freeze up and don't run even if they might get away. I tend to get the fight version a lot. One time bloodlust triggered it and I activated that mode without even being in a situation that deserved it. It would be fun to trigger it at will, but I can only imagine the body burning out if that was the case.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32760)
• Calgary, Alberta
6 Jan 16
I haven't had my Adrenaline rush moment before but I remember my female neighbor have turned into Supergirl when her house burnth down. She is like 4 feet tall but she managed to have all of her furnitures and appliances evacuated out of her house. Imagine she is able to lift her refrigerator that is like bigger than her.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32760)
• Calgary, Alberta
6 Jan 16
@OneOfMany I also remember the news about the dad who can't swim who managed to swim when he saw his daughter drowning.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
6 Jan 16
Yep, it's amazing how strong people get with the adrenaline surge.
@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
6 Jan 16
@CaptAlbertWhisker In those cases it's more like fear suppression. Anyone can swim as long as they get the movements down. I love to swim, and I can swim different ways. As long as you can get to the surface you are good to go.
@Poppylicious (11134)
• United Kingdom
21 Dec 15
I've never had an adrenalin-induced experience and I'm quite grateful for that!
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
22 Dec 15
Not even a little one? Any time you watch a scary movie that really gets to you you'll produce even a little amount of it. :D
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@Poppylicious (11134)
• United Kingdom
22 Dec 15
@OneOfMany Hmmm, scary films have to be really scary to scare me. Maybe, I suppose. Grudgingly. But I definitely haven't experienced anything too over the top. No rock lifting for me!
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
23 Dec 15
@Poppylicious No jumping off ladders either? If I jumped off a ladder normally that fall would have hurt. Good thing I had the surge powering the landing.
@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
21 Dec 15
The first one is rarely experienced, but you hear about it in life threatening situations. It's when people can tilt cars off people and in one case a man moved a helicopter off someone pinned beneath. My rock wasn't as impressive, since the current and being underwater helped out, but I wouldn't be able to move it no matter how much I wanted to as I am right now. It just goes to show how powerful the body is structurally when given the right boost.
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