I've never come across a dead body, I admit, nor that kind of visceral awful shock. But my reaction to being badly startled or stubbing my toe badly is to catch my breath silently -- not to freeze up physically, but vocally I do. (And then I maybe hiss a swear word under my breath, even though I rarely swear.) That's quite possibly significantly influenced by socialization too, of course. But I can't picture myself screaming like that without consciously deciding to and working up to it.
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I've never come across a dead body, I admit, nor that kind of visceral awful shock. But my reaction to being badly startled or stubbing my toe badly is to catch my breath silently -- not to freeze up physically, but vocally I do. (And then I maybe hiss a swear word under my breath, even though I rarely swear.) That's quite possibly significantly influenced by socialization too, of course. But I can't picture myself screaming like that without consciously deciding to and working up to it.