When an emergency or unexpected and disruptive situation hits, your adrenaline rises, your thoughts start to race and your body and mind both go into reaction mode. (entrepreneur.com)
Of course, the gaming community immediately went into knee - jerk reaction mode. (bytesizeimpressions.com)
And in that slowness, you create space: space to choose your actions (instead of living in reaction mode), space to notice and release your triggers (instead of spiraling into self - loathing), space to observe a situation and act with intention (instead of falling into knee - jerk reaction patterns). (mindbodygreen.com)