Are you fight or flight?

By: Brian Whitney
Estimated Completion Time
6 min
Are you fight or flight?
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About This Quiz

Animals and humans have something in common. When we feel that we are under attack, one of two things happens - we fight back, or we run. What do you do?
It is late at night and you hear someone walking behind you on a city street - what do you do?
Turn around and ask what they want.
Run and scream.
Run at them, waving my arms.
Call 911.
You are out at a club and someone hits on your partner right in front of you - what do you do?
Tell the person to back off.
Get upset at my partner for not doing anything.
Take a swing at him or her.
Cry.
You just found out your partner cheated on you - how do you handle it?
Scream at him/her.
Run out of the house crying.
Start an argument.
Do nothing and keep it inside.

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Your partner complained that you don't clean enough - what do you do?
Explain that I clean WAY more and they should leave me alone.
Grab a mop and start cleaning.
Start cleaning, but make a big point of how mad I am.
Sulk and mope around the house.
In a meeting with your boss, he says he has some concerns with your job performance. What do you do?
Feel angry.
Feel scared.
Glare at him.
Apologize.
Then your boss tells you that he considers you to be at fault for something one of your co-workers did. What do you do?
Tell him forcefully he is wrong.
Sit quietly and hope for the best.
Make a big point of sighing.
Start to panic and feel scared.

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He then explains he is putting you on probation. What do you say?
"Don't bother. I quit."
" Sorry. I will do better."
"I've always hated working for you."
"Thank you for not firing me."
Lebron James is coming down the lane for a dunk - what do you do?
Block that shot!
Get out of the way!
Take the charge.
Scream in terror.
Your best friend keeps blowing you off - what do you do?
Tell him/her how sick I am of it.
Smile and tell them it is okay.
Blow them up on social media.
Ask them what I did wrong.

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Your parents still talk to you like you are 12. How do you handle it?
Tell them to talk to me like an adult.
Nothing. I still feel 12 around them.
Explain to them how they raised me really badly.
Smile at them and complain about them later.
Someone behind you honks their horn at you when the light turns green. What do you do?
Flip them off.
Wave an apology and drive away.
Sit at the light and don't move on purpose.
Look around for a police car in case the situation escalates.
Have you ever been in a fistfight?
Yes. Once.
No, but I have felt angry enough to do so before.
Sure, lots of times.
No, violence freaks me out.

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Your food was cooked wrong - do you send it back?
Of course, and I complain.
No way. I would feel stupid.
Yes, and I demand a free dinner.
No, I would be afraid of the confrontation.
Do you like change?
I love it, it is exciting.
No, I hate it. It makes me nervous.
I like it, because it forces me to adapt.
I don't like it, because I hate building new relationships.
What do you do if you get lost in the woods?
Build a base and prepare to live out there until I am found.
Sit on a rock and prepare to die.
Start hunting for food.
I would panic and run through the woods.

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If you are approached in the woods by a small bear, what would you do?
Wave my arms and yell. I could take a small bear.
Run like crazy.
Punch him in the nose.
Play dead.
If you are a woman and walking down the street and some guy yells at you to "smile," what do you do?
Tell him off.
Smile, of course.
Mace him.
Duck my head and walk quickly.
If you are at a family gathering and people talk about political views that you don't agree with, what do you do?
Tell them how wrong they are.
Sit there and say nothing.
Tell them that they disgust me.
Smile and nod, even though I disagree.

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Would you ever carry mace in case you were attacked?
Of course, you never know what is going to happen.
No way, I could never hurt anyone.
Yes, I would love to get back at someone who attacked me.
No, I would be too scared they would take it from me and attack me with it.
What do you do if someone cuts in front of you in line?
Tell them to get back behind me.
Nothing, I hate confrontation.
Bump into them and push them out of the way.
Smile at them.
A stranger sitting next to you in an airplane is hogging the armrest - what do you do?
Elbow him out of the way.
Move as far away from him as I can.
Call the flight attendant and loudly ask for a new seat.
Apologize to them and ask if they need more room.

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Someone is hitting on you in an obnoxious way - what do you do?
Tell the person they are an idiot.
Smile and wait for them to leave.
Yell at them.
Tell them I have a boyfriend/girlfriend.
You look down and see a snake next to your foot - what do you do?
Kick it.
Run!
Pick it up and throw it into the woods.
Scream.
You are surrounded by a bunch of bullies on the schoolyard who are picking on you. What do you do?
Attack. They will leave me alone next time.
Try to get away.
Scream at the top of my lungs.
Beg them to leave me alone.

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You turn around and a ball is coming right at you. What do you do?
Catch it.
Duck.
Bat it down.
Let it hit me.
You are having a barbecue and a bee keeps buzzing around the food. What do you do?
Kill it.
Run inside.
Wave your arms at it and yell.
Ask for someone to help you get rid of it.
Your friend plays a nasty practical joke on you. How do you handle it?
Play an even worse one on him.
Stop hanging out with him, but don't tell him why.
Tell him how much he hurt me and how much I can't stand him now.
Pretend it does not bother me.

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A police officer just gave you a ticket for speeding. What do you do?
Tell him I wasn't speeding and ask if he does not have anything better to do.
Apologize and tell him to have a nice day.
Tell him I will see him in court.
Have a panic attack, because he might take me to jail for speeding.
When you are traveling abroad, how do you act with locals ?
Like they need to adjust to me.
Like I need to adjust to them.
Like I am smarter than all of them.
Like they might try and rip me off.
Would you rather be strong or fast?
Strong, so I could protect myself.
Fast, so I could get away from predators.
Strong, so I could take what I want.
Fast, so I would not have to deal with things I did not want to.

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