Understand
What the four trauma responses are and where they come from.
Some plain-English grounding in what these responses are before looking at how they show up for you specifically.
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What are trauma responses?
The nervous system's built-in strategies for handling threat.
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The fight response
Confronting, controlling, or pushing back against a threat.
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The flight response
Escaping, avoiding, or staying constantly busy.
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The freeze response
Going still, blank, or numb when a threat feels inescapable.
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The fawn response
Appeasing, accommodating and people-pleasing to stay safe.
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Understanding shutdown
The deeper, more prolonged form of freeze.
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