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  1. Fight or Flight

    Fight or Flight is a 2007 documentary film produced by Peter J McCarthy and directed by McCarthy and Shane Sutton. The film won "Best Foreign Documentary" at the Long Island Film Festival as well as "Best Documentary" at festivals in Hamburg, Toronto and California. The film took over five years to make and was first premiered at the DocNz International film festival in Auckland, New Zealand in October 2007. It is based on a man's journey into the heart of Thai boxing in Thailand. The film was funded by the Irish Film Board. The production involved two years of travelling throughout Thailand's ring fighting scene. Fight or Flight was in production at the same time Ong Bak was released. Fight or Flight is being broadcast in 2010 on Halogen TV, Viasat and Filmmaster.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of fight or flight in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of fight or flight in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of fight or flight in a Sentence

  1. Colleen Kraft:

    Toxic stress is prolonged exposure to hormones such as cortisol, epinephrine, norepinephrine -- fight or flight hormones -- and then inflammatory hormones, in a very young child, that disrupts brain development.

  2. James Tao:

    There is a sense of fear and panic, it's one of those situations where there is so much uncertainty that no-one quite knows how to respond ... if it's fight or flight, many people are choosing flight at the moment.

  3. Cyrus Iarrobino:

    I was in fight or flight mode.

  4. Benjamin Kaplan:

    The body essentially reacts in a fight-or-flight manner, increasing the heart rate and getting ready to make a move.

  5. Paul Gittens:

    Adrenaline is an anti-erection chemical and is the main driver in the fight-or-flight response, when men have had failed attempts at sex, or they have developed anxiety and stress because of previous failed attempts, adrenaline kicks in and contributes to erectile dysfunction by shifting the blood away from the penis. The term' psychological erectile dysfunction' puts the blame on the man. I prefer to call it' adrenaline-mediated erectile dysfunction.'.

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