As a former outdoorsman I’ve been in situations where I had to rush to a potentially critically injured near-stranger, and other situations where I was startled

As a former outdoorsman I’ve been in situations where I had to rush to a potentially critically injured near-stranger, and other situations where I was startled by a large wild animal, and as far as I can tell it’s the same response. My rational mind simply disengaged like a clutch, and it was barely even informed of what I was doing until minutes later. My memory says my body was moving without my help. I’m usually the one who’s calm and troubleshooting like a robot while others are freaking out, but when the brain decides it’s time for an adrenaline flood I believe that trumps every other thing.