The Fourth F of a Trauma Response: Fawn

(AI Generated / leonardo.ai)

I’ve written about the nervous system’s response to trauma in previous articles, and I think most of us are familiar with the concept of fight, flight and freeze. In a nutshell—and without getting into the weeds of neuroscience—fight, flight or freeze are all different ways the nervous system may respond to stressful, traumatic, terrifying, or dangerous situations.
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Yet a fourth trauma response has also been identified, one that has received less attention but is far more common than many of us realize.

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