I was recently involved in a situation in which I was threatened. All parties walked away without harm (though myself and a few strangers had their pride injured), which means I did the right thing. However, I discovered that I have this incredibly strong instinct (best word as any I guess) to avoid trouble, and my thought since then has been that if the situation had gone sideways, either I wouldn't have been able to defend myself or myself and others. That last part is what really gets me. I'm hoping to figure out how to turn that instinct off if/when a situation ever arises again.

Adrian