The only people who fight or flight are those who train their responses and reaction times to those kinds of situations. Otherwise the average person does not have the developed senses and reflexes to do anything within the short amount of time afforded for a random attack to occur.
there's a fourth response "flop" where you basically make like a fainting goat, but yeah adrenaline does weird things, even in situations that are completely safe, where you know you can't get hurt adrenal responses can fuck you up big time
Fight, flight, or freeze:
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/fight-flight-or-freeze-response
The only people who fight or flight are those who train their responses and reaction times to those kinds of situations. Otherwise the average person does not have the developed senses and reflexes to do anything within the short amount of time afforded for a random attack to occur.
there's a fourth response "flop" where you basically make like a fainting goat, but yeah adrenaline does weird things, even in situations that are completely safe, where you know you can't get hurt adrenal responses can fuck you up big time