#flight fight freeze fawn

[appareils-futiles]

#healing #childhood trauma #depression #overbearing parents #child psychology #psychology #the human mind #flight fight freeze fawn

[patadave]

Landscapes of Fear: Spatial Patterns of Risk Perception and Response

Animals experience varying levels of predation risk as they navigate heterogeneous landscapes, and behavioral responses to perceived risk can structure ecosystems. The concept of the landscape of fear has recently become central to describing this spatial variation in risk, perception, and response. We present a framework linking the landscape of fear, defined as spatial variation in prey perception of risk, to the underlying physical landscape and predation risk, and to resulting patterns of prey distribution and antipredator behavior. By disambiguating the mechanisms through which prey perceive risk and incorporate fear into decision making, we can better quantify the nonlinear relationship between risk and response and evaluate the relative importance of the landscape of fear across taxa and ecosystems.

#it is all animals #even the plants are animals #the sun is a predator...and the sky #prey-focused decision-making #flight fight freeze fawn

[rapeculturerealities]

Art by Sarah Burgess

#trauma response #infographic #Trauma #Fight flight fawn freeze

[fox-guardian]

today i am thinking about tim's freeze response.

in ep 104, in his statement about danny, he beats himself up over the fact that he couldn't bring himself to move when he saw "danny" up on the stage in the covent garden theatre

[ID: A transcript screenshot reading "I always tell myself there was some force there. Something that held me in place and meant that all I could do was watch. But sometimes when I think back, I remember how my legs shook, and maybe I could move. Maybe I’m just a coward." end ID] ~~~~

and then in ep 39 sasha had to Tackle Him to get him out of prentiss' way after his whole joe spooky bit because he just Didn't Move apparently

[ID: A transcript screenshot reading:

SASHA: Behind you! Run! TIM: Oh… PRENTISS: [Slowly intoning over worm sound] Do you hear their song? SASHA: TIM! [IMPACT, WORMS AND SCUFFLING]

end ID] ~~~~

worm sounds and a full sentence after going "oh" and sasha STILL needed to tackle him.

i don't really have anywhere i'm going with this i'm just thinking about it really hard

#ramblings with major #the magnus archives #tma #tim stoker #this man will be the death of me #also YES these are the bits i wanna animate if you simply Must Know #also i wonder if each OG archive person has their own main fear response #if i had to pin one to each character i'd say martin is fight tim is freeze ig jon would be flight and idk about sasha #there's also fawn but i don't really get fawn vibes from her #her fear response is 'roll with it' jasdlkajdkj #sasha and jon are hard to pinpoint cuz they're very. they lack self preservation but anywhoodle

[ennard-is-near]

Michael Afton has such a terrible response to imminent danger. I know this is just part of the games but he will NOT move his ass is not fighting or flighting. He always freezes. And I think that’s really interesting and has a lot of potential for a character trait for him.

My friend pointed out how he doesn’t move when the power goes out in FNaF 1, which reminded me of The Scooper from 5 and how he infamously could have dodged it very easily. And in every game he just stays in the office (which I know is part of gameplay, let me have this) and doesn’t move an inch unless it’s to do very small preventative measures to stop him from being killed immediately. But he never does more. And while I’m sure everyone can come up with their own lore reasons for this, instead of running or fighting, Michael Afton always freezes.

#fnaf #five nights at freddy's #michael afton #lmao the other option is ‘fawn’ #it’s fight flight freeze fawn #‘Please don’t kill me mr. Fazbear…I wanna be in the sequel’ 🥺 #that would be me btw #I’d look so sad and Freddy would say ‘What’s wrong’ #and I’d look out the window and sigh and say ‘nothing’ #and he’d stop trying to kill me and say ‘No I’m an empath I can tell something’s wrong’ #and then I’d tell him and he’d think I was so pathetic he wouldn’t kill me #God knew I would be too powerful if I had the balls to write fanfic

[skunkes]

not so easy

#alt caption was: freeze #or even flight fight fawn [freeze] #or something about how enforcing is the hard part (contrast with the Establishing) #a doodley #tw sex assault #tw sex abuse #tw self harm #<- i suppose #he's much better at using his claws now. so much better he himself gets caught in the crossfire #so much better that they barely discriminate between targets anymore #oc text #also god even implying stuff understandably makes me feel so Wagh! i wanted to just put this under a read more

[breadandblankets]

batfam prank wars are pretty infamous but there are generally guide rules to be followed like don't trigger someone's ptsd etc etc

however, one of the rules added when Duke started staying at the manor was Do Not Startle Him

the first time Damian jumped out of the shadows at him Duke startled so bad he became a one man solar flare and half the kids had to be benched until the spots faded

#his mom does the same thing in reverse #you startle her and she just fucking shadow travels across the room #poor doug being their token Normal Guy #this was the logical conclusion to duke glowing as a reflex #the five fs #fight flight freeze fawn flashbang #batfam #dc #duke thomas #damian wayne #cause he is technically mentioned #batman #bread talk

[furiousgoldfish]

being around abusers:

high alert: you never know when the abuse is coming

hyper-focusing on the abuser's mood, you're only allowed to feel relief if the abuser seems to be in a good mood, distracted, or focused on somebody else

constant vigilance because they might decide to focus on you any second and you need to be ready

unable to focus on your tasks because you're tense and waiting to see if they'll want something from you, want to do something to you, or start to verbally abuse, provoke, insult, taunt, criticize or humiliate you

always aware of the physical distance between you and how much it would take them to cross it; reaction of panic if they turn your direction or show intent of approaching

quickly forced to think of an escape plan or a fight plan if they do keep approaching you because it is already an intimidation and likely to escalate in violence

anxiety if you're prompted to speak; you are not allowed to say anything positive about yourself or it will be challenged and mocked, you are usually asked to volounteer information and you will be attacked if you refuse. But if you do give info, it will be used against you.

constant effort needs to be put in controlling the amount of rage, or alternatively, helplessness you feel in their presence. You are not allowed to show any symptoms of it, or symptoms of panic

desperate use of logic and rationality in the face of senseless and cruelty of the abuse; you're trying to explain why the abuser should not say and do horrid and cruel things to you, and why you don't deserve it, only for them to do it worse and insist that they're 'saying the truth' or 'listing the imaginary reasons you do deserve it (you are not a person to them)'

attempts to defend yourself from the abuse or exploding and attacking back, only to immediately be accused of abuse and cruelty and 'lack of self control' while the abuser is not even affected by your attempts

the abuser getting anyone in the vicinity to side with them and to participate/enable the abuse, making you feel like your entire environment is hostile and dangerous, and like you are not a person to anyone

All of these can feel normal when you're used to living like that, or if you've grown up in this environment. Having to constantly defend and prove yourself and to have be hyper-focused on those around you and anxiously anticipate their every move, can feel like a normal experience if you haven't experienced any other home environment. This is not normal. If this is how you live, you are living in abuse. None of this should be inflicted at you.

#experiencing abuse #i thought all of this was just normal family environment #psychological abuse #development of cptsd #traumatic environment #child abuse #emotional abuse #fight flight fawn freeze response #long term abuse #long term trauma #abusive parents #abusive partners #living in fear #living in stasis of expecting abuse

[theraspberryone]

Hiiii! Welcome to "Me discovering that I can talk about my random thoughts on Psychology and MHA cause those two have been hyperfixations for years and Tumblr is the best place to talk like that" .

Today, the "Fight, Flight, Freeze and Fawn!" Part 1 : The Todoroki Siblings"

So, those four are considered to be the different ways to react to confrontation, the three first are said to be the most used but I recently found the Fawn too and it's very interesting!

And with that, the Todoroki siblings! And how they all portray a different version of it!

1st, we have Toya, he's a full Fight. When confronted by his dad, Toya always confronted back. He verbally tried multiple times to prove his point to his dad, and kept coming back to him despite the yelling and fighting. He even tried to be physically fighting against his dad's confrontations. And now years after, he still comes for the physical and verbal Fight, it became his default mode

2nd, we have Fuyumi. And she is the perfect Fawn. When confronted, the Fawns are people who keep a low head. They are usually the people pleasers. They get confronted and their only way to react is to say nothing, try to be peacemakers, have good grades, do all chores without complaining : they become the perfect, silent one to keep the confronting person on a calm behaviour.

3rd, Natsuo. He's a Fight/Flight (all Todoroki boys react by Fight in some ways, unfortunately got it from their dad). Natsuo as we can see in the episode where Izuku and Katsuki comes to eat, doesn't react any good way to his dad presence. A few words and he already tries to leave the room, so the Flight. Flight people will only try to avoid confrontation by avoiding every single thing that brings them to it, including the very own person that confronts. But when stuck in a situation where he HAS to talk, Natsuo goes to Fight. He'd rather not say anything but since he DOES have to say something, might as well comfront him (Endeavour) back

And 4th, Shoto, who has a Fight/Freeze reaction. Freeze because he said nothing, did nothing to avoid the situation and confrontation. Yes, he was forced to be that way by his dad, maybe he could have been like Toya or Natsuo, but he was used to young to be like that, and just stayed calm and listening to his dad's orders. BUT not completely! He still fought back by not listening to his dad and only using his ice side, he could have listened to 100% but no, he still chose to risk confrontation because he showed he was against it. He's becoming way more of a Fight since the talk with Midoriya though, finnaly saying and acting freely, because his dad doesn't have such a pressure on him anymore, forcing him into a Freeze.

Thanks to have been there for my little talk, if you have anything, professional or not to say or ask you can gladly interact I'l be very happy! ♡♡♡

Part 2 : The League of Villains

#boku no hero academia #bnha #mha #bokunoheroacademia #my hero academia #fight #flight #freeze #fawn #shoto todoroki #fuyumi todoroki #natsuo todoroki #toya todoroki #dabi #todoroki #endeavor

[super-sparkle-mikakay-world]

Somehow MTMX managed to get every trauma response accounted for in one set of characters.

#svsss #fight flight freeze fawn

[moonlit-positivity]

What Does PTSD Hypervigilance Look Like?

Tw: activating language, body triggers, nervous system dysregulation, & fight/flight/freeze/fawn responses listed below. Please read with care.

Constantly checking outside by slightly peeking out the hole in the blinds so no one knows youre looking out the window

Listening & memorizing footstep patterns of those who live with you

Memorizing schedules & when people leave the house to know when you can move through the house alone

Tip-toeing or walking in a certain way to make your steps have less noise

Holding your breath or controlling your breathing to make as little noise as possible

Being extra aware of how everything is laid out on the table, where every single item in the pantry, fridge, etc is so when you take something you can put it back undisturbed

Eating food or taking things out of the fridge in a way that makes it seem like you never took anything out

Being constantly aware of how loud your own body is (ie chewing too loud, breathing too loud, walking too loud, not laughing, not crying, mastering the art of being silent)

Making sure the TV was on the same channel/app it was before you turned it on (this one's for us older gens, before we had these smart TVs there was a time when analog TV left a trail of previously watched channels so you'd have to wipe the remote clean before you got caught)

Erasing texts

Having people stored in your phone under false contacts bc your parents/abusers/etc would search your phone

Not able to keep personal photos on your phone for same reasons

Not being able to keep things in your room bc your parents would search your room

Not being able to keep things hidden in your backpack either for the same reasons

Keeping everything hidden at school or asking someone else's to keep them

Not able to keep a diary or journal bc someone would read it even if you asked them not to they wouldn't care and read it anyway

Not having a door on your room or having the door removed

Being told you have no privacy because you "belong" to them

Erasing your tracks with everything you do

Listening for car noises, car door slams, and memorizing the way the engine sounds so you can instantly hear when people get home

Memorizing car sounds or always looking out the window to see if someone has pulled up

Checking every house window in your field of view every second of the day

Constantly watching the front door even though it's closed and locked

Constantly watching your room door

Not being comfortable with things out of your line of sight

Constantly having the TV silent or low volume so you don't make too much noise & also so you can hear better

Memorizing daily life schedules, like when your housemates eat, use the bathroom, get up & walk around so you can be constantly aware of everyone at all times

Not making direct eye contact out of fear that it will spark a conflict

Being constantly aware of tone of voice, inflection, etc in case they're going to verbally abuse or degrade you or humiliate you

Being hyper aware of someone entering your personal space

Flinching

Flinching when someone walks by you

Flinching when someone reaches over you

Flinching when anticipating to get hit

Freezing & paralysis anytime something goes off pattern

Never being able to tell tone over text/ always needing to clarify if someone is mad at you

Not being able to physically get up and walk around the house unless you know you're in a safe position to do so

Not being able to physically get up to use the bathroom unless you're in a position to know it's safe to move around the house undetected

Waiting until everyone goes to bed in order to move around the house or relax

Holding your breath & tensing your muscles

Dissociation & brain fogs

Agoraphobia

Fear of being perceived

Fear of being abandoned

Fear of being seen

Fear of being judged

Fear of being hit

Fear of being alive

Fear of failing

Fear of being alone

Fear of not being good enough

Fawning

Grovelling

People pleasing

Staying silent because it will be less likely to cause a conflict

Hiding your emotions & masking

#recovery #ptsd #trauma #mental health #boundaries #healing #trauma awareness #effects of abuse #hypervigilance #nervous system #fight flight #freeze response #fight flight freeze fawn #codependency #child abuse #abusive parents #toxic parenting #bpd #actually traumatized #actually borderline #paranoia

[coffeexxcigarettes]

Crystallization

-

The sky opened above me,

The rain hitting the ground,

Almost with anger.

Even the earth encourages my escape,

Frustrated at how I've paused in place.

Still as a statue,

My mother would whisper.

Not a breath, now.

Even as my body aches,

And the storms rage-

I do as I was told.

To protect us both,

I do as I was told.

x

#poets on tumblr #writing #spilled ink #poem #spilled thoughts #original poem #heartbreak #sad thoughts #mental health #lovesick #prose poetry #prose #simple poetry #poems #poetry #poet #poets #poems on tumblr #tumblr writers #writers of tumblr #writers on tumblr #tw dv #tw dv mention #fight flight freeze fawn #vent poem #personal vent #poems about life #poems about pain #spilled feelings #spilled words

[ash-says]

To all my folks who have been constantly on survival. To those who don't know what life is other than that. To those who were rejected by their own parents. To those who never had a place they can call home. To those who always look forward to the future no matter how dark the past and present can be. To those who try to voice out what they are going through but it falls on deaf ears. To those who try to fight their fears no matter how terrifying it turns out to be. To those who try to believe the good in people no matter how many times it backfired. To those who are ostracized and outcasted by their peers. To those who always find themselves putting on a brave facade. To those who wish and pray for calm but the chaos is already stuck within them.

I know how it feels to be in your shoes.

I know how tiring and draining it is.

But you know what is more tiring? Being stuck in that hell hole.

Accepting it as your reality and not taking steps to make it better.

It doesn't matter what you were presented with, it's your duty to not only survive but Thrive!!

The ache in your chest and being unable to breathe every time you face some situation is your body's signal that you are under attack and tremendous stress. Instead of being a nervous wreck, what do you choose to do?

Let me help you.

You breathe in deep and breathe out. Collect yourself together. Be composed and face the challenge head on.

You can get scared and cry later in the washroom alone.

Wire yourself in such a way that when pushed into a corner the first thing your brain does is mental calculations to solve the issue with least damage possible.

Until and unless you are not safe and sound the trauma shouldn't hit you.

Train your body to never go into the Freeze mode. We either fight or flight.

Freeze? What are you a packet of ice??

#gaslight gatekeep girlboss #dark feminine energy #girlblogging #glow up #it girl #self care #self love #that girl #becoming that girl #becoming her #level up journey #level up #trauma #trauma survivor #healing #mental health #toxic people #ptsd #fight flight freeze fawn #tw depressing thoughts #adhd #it girl aesthetic #that girl aesthetic #pink pilates princess #dream girl #dream girl aesthetic #ash-says #coquette #coquette aesthetic #pink pilates girl

[soldier-poet-king]

Welp. Gotta tell my boss tmrw. Tmrws the day. I'm. Well. This is going to be awful and I am so anxious and I'll probably cry a whole lot AND she's gonna be mad, or at least Very Disappointed, with me. Plus then still having to work with her for a bit. Plus all the nerves and stuff about starting at the NEW place. Which while I'm excited I'm also v nervous BC what if it's TOO challenging and I'm stupid and I fail and I can't do this thing that I want and love and I fuck up my career and I'll never have a good job again and everything will be bad. Forever.

I am trying to built a life I can love but it is Very Hard

#the duality of fran #like uhm. uh. its uh. yeah. #i have a guilt complex and im a ppl pleaser #ans my reaction to stress and uncertainty is fawn #yknow fight flight freeze fawn #i am a FAWNER #i have a deep seated fear of uncertainty #and esp of financial instability #and its perhaps. ridiculous. but it is SO REAL to me #and so im catastrophizing again

[unwelcome-ozian]

#trauma responses and their origins #fight respons #flight response #freeze response #fawn response #trauma response #trauma recovery #abuse recovery

[hauntedselves]

What Survival Looks Like at Home

From 'What Survival Looks Like at Home' by Helen Townsend, from Beacon House & Inner World Work (PDF)

Quick cheat sheet:

Noticing Freeze

Bored, not interested

Confused, forgetful

Distracted, not listening

Clumsy

Talking about something else

Not moving to where you’ve asked

Scanning the room

Wide eyed, pupils might dilate

Daydreaming, staring into space

Grounding Freeze

Stay with me, don’t leave me

Tell me I’m ok & that I am safe

Watching TV

Deep breathing

Spinning on a swing

Climbing & hanging

Rolling or cycling down a hill

Digging in mud or sand

Jumping on a trampoline

Do my chores with me

Gently wonder where I have gone & invite me back to you

If I have forgotten what I was supposed to be doing, remind me again gently

Hot chocolate & toast

A warm bath & a warm towel

A soft teddy for bedtime

Noticing Flight

Hyperactive, manic, silly

Aggressive, threatening: stiffening up, clenching fists

Running away, escaping, disappearing, hiding under the table/bed/sofa

Clumsy

Disruptive, loud & noisy

Can’t cope with free play

Can’t follow house rules

Not doing what you’ve asked

Lonely

Keeping super busy

Baby talk/silly voices

Bumping into people

Needing to get into the car/house/park first

Grounding Flight

Keep me close by

Find me again happily or patiently

Deep breathing

Give me a familiar & easy chore

Crunchy foods – carrot sticks, a biscuit, a rice cake or crisps

Tell me that I am safe with you

Hanging from monkey bars

Talk through what you think I am finding tricky using a kind voice

Heavy blankets

Create a safe space where I can hide away I when I need to

Tug of war

Cup of warm milk or hot chocolate

Hot water bottle & a soft teddy

Recognize I sometimes find 'normal' family life threatening

Accept that if I feel threatened, I feel in real danger.

If you send me to do something & I forget, just patiently ask again

Noticing Fight

Hot and bothered

Argumentative, angry and aggressive

Controlling, demanding and inflexible

Lie or blaming

Unable to concentrate on one thing

Unable to follow the house rules

Confrontational

Disrespectful

Disregarding of others, pushing away friends/family members

Shouting, loud and noisy

Immature

Grounding Fight

Tell me you love me even when my I push you away

Don’t punish me for being cross; reward me with your kindness and love for getting calm again

Keep me safe from hurting myself

Match my energy

Deep breathing

Chewy foods

Support me socially

Hanging, swinging and climbing

Warm bath with lots of bubbles

Warm milk or a hot chocolate

Hot water bottle

A super soft teddy and/or blanket

Give me a task that makes me feel important

Connect with me and show me empathy before exploring the consequences of my behavior

Create somewhere safe to go to so I can calm down

Make things predictable. Tell me about changes before they happen, especially if strangers are coming to the house or I’m going somewhere new

Accept I might not know why I behaved in that way & I might not remember what happened

Listen and acknowledge how I feel, even if you see it differently, it will help me feel listened to

Noticing Submit

Unhappy, low mood

Alone or withdrawn

Fidgety but not disruptive, anxious

Never questioning or asking questions

Never drawing unnecessary attention

Yes or no answers - doing just enough to avoid being noticed, unable to think

Quiet & passive, compliant

Grounding Submit

See me, listen to me

Give me small repetitive things to do

Weighted blanket

Building with Lego or Play-doh

Tell me I am safe

Deep breathing

Swinging

Let me spend quiet time just with you

Understand that social media might symbolizes a comforting connection

Hot chocolate and a crunchy biscuit

Wrap me up in a soft blanket & watch TV

Understand that playing computer games, lets me be by myself somewhere safe

Recognize I am hurting inside & might need professional help

Know that I am easily bullied, look out for this, don’t expect me to tell you.

Notice I will say what I think you want me to say

Be aware that I am an easy target & can be coerced easily to keep the peace

Know I can't cope being the center of attention

Watch for me removing myself

Warm bath and a warm towel

Warm pyjamas

#meant for parents adopting traumatised kids. but i think it's good for anyone to recognise & soothe trauma responses in themselves/others #esp if you have child parts (in a DID way or a CPTSD/BPD/IFS etc way #described #described in alt text #long post #described in post #too many words for the alt text for that last one ! #trauma #trauma responses #freeze #fight #flight #fawn #submit #dogpost