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Originally Posted by spudman300
i dunno if any1 has put this threat up but anyway help would be appricated,
im gettin above good at martial arts now and as my instrutor says "im way above the standard" and he's 5th dan,so i believe him,its just when it comes tp real life fights i find it hard to concentrate and some times it feels like my limbs start to ache,i no that puts a real funny images of a lad wid wobly limbs in a fight but it true,one more thing even thou this happens i still manage to hit hard and often...im i sum kind of freak wid slow mo powers......yea rite
please reply ,ben
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Ben,
You're experiencing extraordinarily common physical effects of stress. Usually, they include -
1. Dry Mouth
2. Auditory Exclusion. You stop hearing a lot of what's going on around you. When I was a soldier doing indoor close quarters battle, i'd often be surprised that I could hear my team mates, but I couldn't remember hearing the reports of the full auto machinegun bursts going off all around me.
3. Tunnel Vision. You tend ot focus in on what you think is a threat, to the exclusion of all else. Most often, this is why people fail to deal well with sucker punches and multiple attackers.
4. Shallow breathing. You breathe shallow and quick.
5. "Prey" alertness. Your eyes go wide, and you have trouble comprehending why this is all happening to you.
6. Shakes. For me, it's in the knees, but basically, your whole body is trying to burn off adrenaline. Since you're usually standing there frozen in place, your muscles tremble to stay moving. Just like when you're cold and you shake to keep warm.
7. Heavy Limbs. If you don't move soon, you'll freeze.
8. Gross motor skill improvement, fine motor skill deterioration. Your hands will go clammy because circulation prioritizes oxygen to the larger muscle groups used for things like running away from danger. Thus, gross motor skills (those using big muscle groups and fairly generic mechanics) work better under pressure, which is why you feel more powerful. You are indeed more powerful with these types of motions. On the contrary, fine motor skills requiring more dexterity and precision are nearly out of the question as the blood supply simply doesn't support it.
9. Nerve deadness. Your body knows when pain/damage is imminent, and it releases mass quantities of endorphins to kill your perception of pain. You'll get hit, kicked, even stabbed and never know it happened until the next day. This is particularly true in the extremities.
10. Warped time perception. Fear brings out the primitive brains more cognitive abilities. You're not really slowing down time, but processing much more detailed information about your situation. Skydivers often talk about how long their freefall feels. It's because plummetting toward the earth at 120 miles an hour is a scary thing, no matter how comfortable you get with it, and your imnnermost mind is trying to figure a way out of danger. When your chute opens and you glide safely to the ground, you still get the benefit of all those endorphins I mentioned, so you feel a little numb and "high."
Bottom line is, these are human reactions to danger. They aren't of themselves symptoms of fear, but anxiety. You should expect to be afraid in situations like this, and you should train in such a way that brings out these danger reactions in you so you can condition yourself for what to expect. Facing fear is simply a matter of training to be brave for a few seconds longer than the other man. And if you can't be brave? Pretend you are. No one can tell the difference.
Best of luck to you.
Mike