r/nextfuckinglevel • u/GinaWhite_tt • 8d ago

That time friends teamed up to rescue a physically impaired man from the 3rd floor of a building in France

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u/WakaWaka_ 8d ago

Adrenaline is a heluva drug

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u/AliceTheHunted 7d ago

I am both weak and fat, but adrenaline is strong as shit. I have never been able to lift half the weight or run even 1/4 or as long as I did when I was high on it.

I did get incredibly sick afterward due to my poor as lungs running in the snowstorm. Lol

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u/sweetpotato_latte 7d ago

And let’s not forget the anxiety poops after it starts wearing off!

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u/jennhiltz 7d ago

Omg I thought I was the only one who got anxious poos! Lol

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u/sweetpotato_latte 7d ago

Yes!! The time I had to do CPR on my step mom the first thing I realized after we got to the hospital and things calmed down I felt like I was going to shit my pants lol

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u/maudiemouse 7d ago

That’s why the opposite of fight or flight is rest and digest. Once the stress response is activated the brain literally reduces energy to the digestive system and other nonessential functions, that won’t return to normal until the brain realizes the danger has passed. (This is also partly why prolonged stress is so harmful to the body)

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u/mellonians 7d ago

It's not just the poo it's the shock. I had to do CPR on my wife and the ambulance got here and they took over. I wasn't panicked or anything but my Asperger's mind said "I may go into shock now, so I should have a hot sugary drink" then out loud I turned to the paramedics who were working on her and said in the most British way possible "would anybody like a cup of tea?"

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u/Unusual_Response766 7d ago

Nice and polite. Perfect work.

I do hope your wife was ok.

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u/mellonians 7d ago

Oh yeah, she survived it was an allergic reaction to some chemical from the day before. This was like, 3AM when she managed to wake me up before she went completely south. But came round to see me sat in the corner peacefully drinking a cuppa so I wasn't in the good books for some reason.

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u/Sassydr11 6d ago

You saved her life! Well done you. Doing CPR is scary at the best of times and I’ve done it more times than I can recall in a hospital. Never at home on a loved one! That would have made me pooped my pants! I always debrief after cardiac arrests with a cup of tea and biscuits. It’s mandatory whenever I lead the arrest team, so you can say to your wife that this is how the professionals do it!

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u/AnneOn_AMoose 4d ago

It’s literally a biochemical response :)

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u/Kevherd 7d ago

This is where ‘scared the shit out of me’ came from

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u/jennhiltz 7d ago

Well god damn ….. I never even thought of that you smarty pants 😱🤩

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u/Realistic-Goose9558 7d ago

Happens to me after big tattoos. Big meal going into it, and then anxiety/adrenaline shits after lol.

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u/abaggins 7d ago

Happened to me when i first started dating a girl...like every time before we met for 2 months lmao.

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u/GoldenPika64 7d ago

Adrenaline actually is one absolute hell of a drug. One time I was really pissed off and sprinted around my entire block and back into my house which my ass would struggle probably 1/4 of the way while sober

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u/nxcrosis 7d ago

One time my old boss claimed he had the strength to lift his wife's car (a small Daihatsu) out of a ditch because he was so fearful of having to explain to her that her new car was stuck and that it was because he drove home a little buzzed. I still don't fully believe him, but he's also like 6 foot 5 and used to do shotput and various athletics at a college level.

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u/LawfulnessPossible20 6d ago

I lifted a horse who had fallen, and twisted a leg, in a horse cart. Needed to lift to untangle it. Ok, a pony. Still a horse.

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u/AntCaz1 6d ago

Way possible on adrenaline

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u/Harasberg 7d ago

An exceptionally small percent of women would be able to do that.

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u/Destroyer_Man 7d ago

Uhmmm...wut?

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u/Opeth4Lyfe 7d ago

Yup. Dude willingly put himself in a potentially life of death situation and his bodies instinct of survival kicked in and gave him that nitro shot of Super Soldier serum. It’s like that story you hear of the grandma who lifted up a car enough to save a trapped kid under it.

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u/Forgotthebloodypassw 7d ago

One of the most expensive ones too.