Many of the simple daily tasks that feel impossible when your body is stuck in "fight-or-flight" mode are otherwise ...

Everyone has a natural stress response: fight, flight, freeze, or fawn Exposure to trauma ... You can't control these reactions because they are your body's instinct to survive under stress.

You’ve heard of fight or flight ... feel otherwise. Freeze response can occur especially in moments of feeling trapped, but ...

That’s ‘functional freeze mode’. Many of us are familiar with the concept of ‘fight or flight,’ the body’s automatic response to stressful situations. But did you know there’s a ...

A freeze is a physiological response to when we are so stressed that our body thinks we are in danger and needs to protect us. So, we go into fight, flight, or freeze mode, as a protection mechanism.

But while there might’ve been some key evolutionary reasons for the tend-and-befriend response to become ... stuck in the less supportive fight, flight, or even freeze defenses.

I feel them in my own body in response to the abrupt changes ... The amygdala signals our autonomic nervous system to prepare for fight, flight, or freeze. Our heart rate increases, our digestion ...

Nowadays, things like exams, money worries or meeting new people can activate the same fight, flight or freeze response with all ... which makes your body produce dopamine the happy hormone.