Trauma, Mental Health

Trauma Response and Complex PTSD: Fight, Flight, Freeze, Appease

What these really look like, and how to get help when you’re overwhelmed.

DRM
Fearless She Wrote
Published in
7 min readFeb 3, 2020

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You’ve probably heard of the three classic trauma/fear responses: fight, flight, and freeze. Another response has been delineated recently: appease. We’ll look at that one…

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DRM
Fearless She Wrote

Writer/editor in science, society, environment, and mental health. Also personal essays. And some random weirdness. https://debram315.medium.com/subscribe