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The brain’s “fight or flight” response activates during public speaking because it thinks PowerPoint is a predator.

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Fight-or-flight is an automatic stress response involving the amygdala and adrenaline. Public speaking triggers it because social judgment feels threatening, not because the brain mistakes slides for a predator.

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