Almost everyone is familiar with the fight or flight response—your reaction to a stimulus perceived as an imminent threat to your survival. However, less well-known is the fight-flight-freeze response ...

Most of us know about the “fight or flight” response, the body’s built-in survival instinct. But that framework leaves out ...

Fight or flight are not the only common responses to a traumatic event. I addressed this a bit in a column published on November 22, 2022 explaining that some authors describe “4 F’s”: fight, flight, ...

Janet Bayramyan, LCSW, is a psychotherapist and owner of Road to Wellness. She has more than eight years of experience as a trauma therapist and is licensed in California, Florida, South Carolina, ...

The concept of the fawn response, alongside the more commonly known fight, flight, and freeze responses, represents a critical aspect of how both humans and animals react to trauma. The fawn response ...

When we think of trauma, it can be major trauma someone has experienced like serious accidents, assault, or natural disasters. Trauma can also be in our everyday life such as relational trauma., which ...

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Past trauma casts long shadows over present relationships, creating invisible barriers to intimacy and connection that both partners often struggle to understand. When traumatic experiences remain ...

After a busy day of excelling at work and tending to your daily tasks, it's not uncommon to feel pretty drained by the time you get home. But if you experience that feeling frequently or find yourself ...