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«Stress causes the
brain intake systems to send information into the Reactive
brain (automatic -
fight, flight,
freeze) and prevents information flow through to the Reflective higher thinking, conscious
brain (prefrontal cortex) where long - term memory is constructed,» explains neurologist Judy Willis on Psychology Today.
(In fact, he's in
fight, flight or
freeze, which means the learning parts of the
brain shut down.)
During times of emotional upset, children are functioning from their lower
brain (which controls the
fight, flight, or
freeze response) and need to calm down before they can access their higher
brain (responsible for logical thought and reasoning).
When we are having big emotions, we are physically coming from our reptilian
brain stem, where the
fight, flight or
freeze response comes from.
When in a stressful situation, these lower centers of the baby's / toddlers
brain go into a primal survival response commonly known as
fight / flight /
freeze.
And this we'll see with a lot of
brain fog, memory loss, difficulty concentrating, there'll be a lot of weight gain, especially around the abdomen, and people will experience a lot of inflammatory symptoms, so that's when we'll see joint pain and muscle aches and, potentially, worsening of depression as cortisol can kind of motivate us and get us going, because, if you think about it, when we're in a state of
fight, flight or
freeze, that's an action - oriented state, once our body stops responding to that, we enter this kind of burnout and exhaustive phase.
This corner is called the «amygdala first aid station» as the amygdala is the
fight / flight /
freeze center in the
brain.
In addition, the behavioral outputs of the lower
brain are limited to
fight (act out), flight (self - entertainment sometimes misinterpreted as ADHD), or
freeze (zone out).
The prefrontal cortex is the part of the
brain that processes emotion and thought, and when activated, can lessen the
fight - flight -
freeze response.
This instantaneous reaction, the classic flight -
fight -
freeze response, is caused by a pair of almond shaped structures in the
brain called the amygdala.
ACEs and their consequent effects on
brain functioning may provoke a trauma response that causes students to «
fight» (engage in violence or aggression), «take flight» (absenteeism; dropouts), or «
freeze» (shut down; withdraw).
But in response to fear or stress, the
brain quickly releases adrenaline and cortisol, activating the heart, blood vessels and
brain for life - saving action —
fighting, flight or
freeze.
Research shows that ACEs can actually alter
brain development and cause chemically toxic effects in the
brain resulting in children remaining in a constant state of «survival mode» leading them to continuously have the
fight, flight, or
freeze response.
The amygdala is the most primitive part of our
brains and, when under stress, activates the «
fight, flight or
freeze» response (helpful when facing a sabre tooth tiger but it shuts down our ability to problem - solve).
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The reptilian
brain can activate a
freeze state in us that makes us go «numb», causes us to faint, or makes us become separate from our bodies, and this can be highly useful when we feel paralyzed by danger and are in no position to flee or
fight.
Training in neurofeedback and DBT allows me to help clients understand how their
brains contribute to
fight, flight, or
freeze coping patterns, especially in response to the people we love the most.
In the really rough moments, your
brain can take over, going into what has been called a «primal panic;» or
fight, flight or
freeze when you lose the sense of security with your partner.
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They may cry or show other signs of anxiety; their
brains have jumped into «
freeze,
fight or flight» mode.
When you are operating in the Stress Reaction Zone (levels 7 to 9), this is where you start to lose some of your frontal lobe functioning and are transitioning into survival mode:
fight, flight or
freeze the amygdala limbic system of the
brain.
Their
brains learned to get relief by
fight, flight, or
freeze.
The four basic characteristics of HCPs result from their
brain tendency to be locked in the right
brain where «defensive reacting» happens or the amygdala or «reptilian
brain» where
fight, flight, or
freeze happens.
Anxiety occurs when your
brain, mind, and body get stuck in a biologically wired «
fight, flight,
freeze» response because of stress, trauma, or relationship distress.
Anxiety is the
brain's helpful and essential internal alarm system that activates our
fight, flight, or
freeze response.
As your low
brain switches to emergency mode, you go into
fight, flight, or
freeze mode.
Unfair promotion practices, an intolerance for failure, micromanaging leaders, fuzzy communication practices — these are just a few conditions that can send people into the survival - focused
fight / flight /
freeze part of the
brain, creating what Comaford calls the Critter State.
«The primitive «
fight, flight, or
freeze» part of the
brain takes control.