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11.19.19 Hormones, Thyroid and Much much more, November 19, 2019 [715603975] — Ray Peat Clip

This curated audio highlight features Ray Peat speaking in the interview 11.19.19 Hormones, Thyroid and Much much more, November 19, 2019 [715603975]. The excerpt begins at 01:21:44 and runs for 57 seconds.

But the animal in that state would allow itself to drown very easily because it saw no use in swimming. Its heart would simply stop after maybe just a few minutes of resisting. But if they put the animal in the tortured situation that caused it to become helpless, if they then showed it some exit possibility, it in effect vaccinated it against stress. So that when dropped into the water, instead of drowning in a few minutes, sometimes they would resist and swim for more than a day. Interesting. Simply a mental change, something they learned.