Our reaction to the world follows an evolutionary patter in which the newest circuit is a circuit of social interaction linked to a uniquely mammalian pathway. We're animals after all. If we’re safe we will make friends easier, whereas if we’re in a more dangerous situation, like a novel environment, we will go in a physiological state which will support the fight or flight mobilisation behaviours. If we escape the threat we’re simply negotiating with the danger. However If we’re unable to escape there is a possibility that we could trigger another type of neurological circuit which shuts us down and makes us go into a more dissociative state. Our conscious mind isn’t always aware of everything and we don't always react in the way we hope to. Our system can sometimes react and we feel the bodily response but we don’t know what we’re reacting to. This is important to understanding how our mind works and how our body responds, remembering that everything is connected!