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I'm of the understanding that the "freezing up" is that brief moment when the mind and body are going into overdrive. The body is pumping full of adrenaline and the mind is gearing up for that ultimate decision: fight or flight.
It makes sense to me.
I'm not sure there are many out there who would "lay down and die." This is likely a misconception. Even Buddhists would kill in defense.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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