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At 10/8/13 09:37 AM, NewgroundsMike wrote:
If it was someone I did know, I'd be very happy.

Edgy.

I like to think that I've seen enough corpse photos and the like on the internet to be indifferent if I saw one in real life, but I guess it depends on context. If I found a corpse lying in the street, I wouldn't be too bothered because I can easily get help from the police and other people could bear witness to it being there. If I found a corpse in the woods, however, I'd be thoroughly scared and probably wouldn't return to those woods ever again.

It also depends on the smell of corpses, I suppose. The smell of rotting flesh isn't pleasant from what I hear, and depending on how far along the corpse is affects the smell I suppose.

At 10/8/13 01:08 PM, TowelMarket wrote:

At 10/8/13 10:11 AM, Scintillating wrote: Panic does serve a purpose, not full on panic, but increased awareness and adrenaline allow you to react to a possible threat which exists near a dead body. You do not know how this body died. Instinct puts us on high alert.

What is the importance of fear? A child that has studied for an exam and fears that he's going to get a bad mark isn't going to help him concentrate.

You really don't understand the significance behind fear? It's fine if you don't, it seems pretty useless at first, but you have to think about it from a primitive point of view. Our ancestors were cautioned by fear. They were afraid of the dark because we were more vulnerable, afraid of predators because they could eat us, afraid of natural disasters because they could have decimated us. It is that same fear that kept us alive tens of thousands of years ago that keeps us alive today. It's natural to be afraid of heights, snakes, or lightning because those are all things that could kill us. I'm not discouraging one to face their fears, of course, but merely pointing out that fear is a survival tool that we use to try to minimize our chances of experiencing death or extremely stressful/traumatic situations. There's a huge line between stupid and brave, but a much finer one between extremely stupid and extremely brave.

A corpse shouldn't be frightening, says those who keep their distance either from seeing photographs of the dead, or being some measure away. But would you still be so brave, if hypothetically, you fell into an open grave containing one?
I haven't, I'm just wary of decaying things.

At 10/9/13 07:08 AM, CiviLies wrote: You really don't understand the significance behind fear? It's fine if you don't, it seems pretty useless at first, but you have to think about it from a primitive point of view. Our ancestors were cautioned by fear. They were afraid of the dark because we were more vulnerable, afraid of predators because they could eat us, afraid of natural disasters because they could have decimated us. It is that same fear that kept us alive tens of thousands of years ago that keeps us alive today. It's natural to be afraid of heights, snakes, or lightning because those are all things that could kill us. I'm not discouraging one to face their fears, of course, but merely pointing out that fear is a survival tool that we use to try to minimize our chances of experiencing death or extremely stressful/traumatic situations. There's a huge line between stupid and brave, but a much finer one between extremely stupid and extremely brave.

You have a good point. Fear is a tool that alarms us to be careful and proceed with caution. You still haven't explained my sentence in which I explained why the fear can be totally useless in some situations. We don't need a good mark to survive, and yet we still fear about it.
Other users who posted in this thread have explained pretty well on how someone can have different reactions on a corpse lying nearby. Our bodies are a potentially perfect genetic machine, unfinished though, but smart. If you were in a situation in which you saw a man get shot by another person, you will get shocked. No time for fear. Adrenaline will start flowing, and the nerves will be telling us to hastily leave because the killer may decide not to leave witnesses.

People who say they're unaffected by corpses are only attempting to look like some hardass to impress people (Duuude I'm so tough, I don't get freaked out by dead bodies!!). They're probably the same people who assault haunted house workers and walk out saying "pffft, that didn't scare me".

At 10/9/13 01:37 PM, TowelMarket wrote: You have a good point. Fear is a tool that alarms us to be careful and proceed with caution. You still haven't explained my sentence in which I explained why the fear can be totally useless in some situations. We don't need a good mark to survive, and yet we still fear about it.

You're right, my bad. I don't know if I can explain that quite properly, as a lot of people have fears that may seem strange to most other people. As far as fearing bad grades on tests go, that sounds like a phobia, which I'm sure you know is an irrational fear. Even if you're not running away and yelling at the mere sight of a test, if you're scared of bad grades on tests so much that it leaves you shook to the point of being unable to study for/take it, then that sounds like a phobia to me. And of course, phobias serve no logical function as they are irrational by nature. Rather, they are usually by-products of a very traumatic and/or stressful incident or set of circumstances. I had a teacher who said he had a fear like that. He said he felt a gargantuan amount of pressure when taking any test, often leaving him unable to take it.

Other users who posted in this thread have explained pretty well on how someone can have different reactions on a corpse lying nearby. Our bodies are a potentially perfect genetic machine, unfinished though, but smart. If you were in a situation in which you saw a man get shot by another person, you will get shocked. No time for fear. Adrenaline will start flowing, and the nerves will be telling us to hastily leave because the killer may decide not to leave witnesses.

I surely hope that's the case for me. I don't think my natural instincts are very strong, so in a situation like this, my Fight or Flight instinct might not kick in and I'll be paralyzed in place by fear. On the flip side, it's fear that activates the Fight or Flight instinct, so it might be time for fear, after all :D So long as it doesn't keep you locked in place, but conversely, gets you the hell outta Dodge.

At 10/8/13 05:35 AM, TowelMarket wrote: Do any of you show an indiffernet attitude to dead bodies?
Most guys, as we know, won't. They'll probably panic. If your instinct tells you to panic, please tell me, what's the use of that? Panic just spreads intensity through the group of people, it's not gonna help anybody.

It's worrisome for me, started to have a good deal of indifference to it myself.