There’s a striking contrast between appearing calm and actually being calm. It’s like a duck, gliding effortlessly over the water, while underneath the surface, its legs are paddling furiously. Some people are like that – cool and collected on the outside, but inside, they’re in constant survival mode. These individuals usually exhibit certain behaviors that … Continue reading "People who are calm on the surface but in survival mode underneath usually display these 8 behaviors"

The human species is wired with an instinct to survive in even the toughest of situations. Many people had to encounter life-threatening situations when all the odds were against them. However, their will to live was stronger than the circumstances, and they survived. Here we have collected eight such stories of survival in the most... The post 8 Stories of Survival in the Most Formidable of Situations appeared first on Bright Freak.

PREVIOUS: Anger & Co-dep #3 BOOK: “When Anger Scares You: How to....” QUOTE: “If you’re not pissing someone off, you probably aren’t doing anything important” ~ Oliver Emberton (Excellent serious cartoons) 2. OTHER PEOPLE’s Anger (cont.) WHY we’re afraid: • Other people's anger reminds us of one or more raging adults we grew up with. Those…

Deliver us from evil: How biology, not religion, made humans moral. Our survival instinct should undercut morality – but our mammalian brains pulled off an amazing evolutionary trick, says neurophilosopher Patricia Churchland

01. Quokkas have a survival instinct which triggers when a mother is threatened by a predator. She will throw her baby at the predator, which will hiss at the predator while the mother makes her escape.