[tastysandwich]

Reminds me of an excerpt from the book The Body Keeps The Score:

When the alarm bell of the emotional brain keeps signaling that you are in danger, no amount of insight will silence it. I am reminded of the comedy in which a seven-time recidivist in an anger-management program extols the virtue of the techniques he's learned: "They are great and work terrific-as long as you are not really angry.

In the moment it's incredibly difficult to think rationally enough to breathe and/or meditate. You're a car hurtling down a ravine bound to crash.