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The genuine freeze response

A freeze response is thought to happen when neither fight nor flight is available to you. When a tiger has the better of you, you feel so overwhelmed or trapped that there is no option to flee or fight.

In a real freeze response, our primitive brain takes over and immobilise us. Many people who "freeze," say they have almost no memory of the trauma. It is speculated that intense emotions prevent you from encoding information about the trauma you're facing.

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The fight or flight response

The fight or flight response

The fight or flight response is a powerful survival reaction. Once we perceive danger, adrenalin increases our heart rate and move our attention toward fighting off or fleeing from the threat.

We may become so focused on that goal that we may not process any extra details ...

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Who will fight rather than flee

  • People who are more "approach motivated", such as extroverts and risk-takers, tend to perceive the reward in situations. They tend to approach a threat with a "fight" response.
  • People who are "avoidant motivated" tend to see the risks/negatives in ...

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The floodlight gains access to the whiteboard to accomplish an urgent goal. Under acute threat or stress, your alerting system temporarily blocks access to working memory to ensure that your brain’s action systems prioritize basic survival behaviors (fight, flight, freeze) over any other goals or...

When you are on the verge to give up

Your failure to get results may also arise from such statements as: “ things are getting worse” , “I will never get an answer” , “ I see no way out it is hopeless” and so on.

When you use such statements you get no response or cooperation from your subconscious mind. Like a soldi...

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