Talk:Hyper Awareness/@comment-24696772-20180223035446/@comment-24729606-20190304011754

while I do agree that fear, excitement, and exhilaration can highten ones awareness what is happening (at least as far as I understand it) when ones life is in danger is that adrenaline is being pumped throughout ones body. this allows one to react much faster than normal but it also means ones instincts for survival as well as the fight or flight response are amplified. as most can attest instinct usually means a reduction in higher mental functions. for example when ones life is in danger (unless one has either trained oneself or been trained to maintain ones higher order thinking) one will be more likely to injure oneself and ones opponent than one will to talk a problem out.