How do we seem to be hardwired to survive?
We come across several survival stories via a variety of news sources and get inspired by them. We wonder how the survivors manage to survive in hard circumstances. What are the secrets of extraordinary survivors? Is it their inner strength that allows them to survive? or are humans hardwired to survive? Yes, of course, humans are hardwired to survive; with the help of survival instincts, our cave-dwelling ancestors remained alive and traveled a long journey of evolution. The human instinct to survive is in fact, a most powerful drive that controls how we think, what emotions we experience and how we behave and interact with others.
Ways we seem hardwired for survival
There are many instances when our survival instincts come into play, like fight or flight response, a baby’s cry mechanism, fertility motivation mechanism (desire to reproduce), and so on. These instances are evidence that we are hard-wired for survival i.e. we have instincts for survival. So, what are the other most obvious ways that show we have survival instincts? Here are some of the most obvious cases of human survival instincts:
Fight or flight: Our fight or flight reaction, in fact, is the strongest form of our survival instincts. This reaction is triggered by circumstances that seem threatening to our survival. Emotions that are very powerful and that are experienced instantly like surprise, disgust, fear warn us of the impending threat to our very existence. This warning prompts an urgent action and that urgent action enhances our chances of survival — in other words, those powerful emotions prompt behaviors that are necessary for survival.
Our fight or flight reaction lets our sympathetic nervous system activate rapid emotional, psychological, and physiological changes. Intense fear and anger are the evidence of emotional changes. Similarly, our heightened senses and a sudden cognitive improvement in our cognitive ability to make fast decisions reveal psychological changes. And the secretion of adrenaline into our blood is the indication of physiological changes — once we get a shot of adrenaline, our heart rate goes up, the rate of blood circulation improves and we start breathing hard and fast. These physiological changes enhance our strength and stamina. Without these changes, the survival of our ancestors was not possible.
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