The Alligator Encounter - When You Freeze

Identify & Conquer - Mental Health Fitness

10/06/21 • 23 min

This episode is about when we choose to freeze, both literally and figuratively. When there is a threat or perceived threat to our survival and we react by freezing. When fight or flight does not get activated and we put ourselves in harm's way by not moving. And how then, do we unfreeze?

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10/06/21 • 23 min

Identify & Conquer - Mental Health Fitness - The Alligator Encounter - When You Freeze

Transcript

Fight or flight is defined as an automatic physiological reaction to an event that is or perceived as a harmful event, attack, or threat to survival. The simple perception of this threat activates the sympathetic nervous system and triggers an acute stress response that prepares the body to fight or take flight.

I think it is important to first ask: How do you define survival?

Is it just about being alive and having a roof over your head and food

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