After the Virus - a Surviralist's Journal
From the post-apocalyptic novel After the Virus - A Surviralist's Journal (available on Amazon). When a deadly mutated virus sweeps the globe, survival expert Will Scott knows that his only chance is in the remote Ishi Wilderness, once the domain of “America’s last wild Indian”. He soon finds that surviving the elements is nothing compared to the relentless pursuit of a failed-state militia bent on killing every “surviralist” existing outside of the quarantine zone. When he rescues a teenage girl named Hope, whose family has been slaughtered and trains her in wilderness self-sufficiency, her skills eventually exceed even his. His compassion is repaid when Hope becomes the provider and the warrior needed for them to endure. Told first-person in the style of a daily diary, each episode contains one or more day’s journal entries of nearly 12 months on the run in the wild.
After the Virus - a Surviralist's Journal
Episode 19: Needed Help Dying
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Scott Huber as Will, Lola Parks as Hope, Kate Ruttenburg as Laurel.
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Season 1
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Episode 19
The “fight or flight response” is an automatic physiological reaction to an event that is perceived as stressful or frightening. The perception of threat activates the sympathetic nervous system and triggers an acute stress response that prepares the body to fight or flee.
Prey animals predictably choose flight over fight, while predators often choose the latter.
But even the peaceful rabbit will respond with a purposely vicious attack when threatened with death.
Beware the cornered rabbit.