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.
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7 min readFeb 3, 2020
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…