All very well saying this, but when fight or flight kicks in, the choice is usually taken away from you as your lizard brain takes over from your conscious human one. If you don’t have it naturally you need to have it trained into you, either through military training or martial arts/self defence training.
“If you don’t have it naturally you need to have it trained into you, either through military training or martial arts/self defence training.”
On target. The first reaction is not fight or flee; it’s freeze. You have to train yourself to react.