Fight, Flight, Freeze
Breaking the law or rules.
What is Fight
A distressing event that is a single experience or repeating pro-longed exposure
What is True
A hormone that is involved with bonding or called the "love hormone". However, in a trauma response is responsible for controlling pain.
What is Oxytocin.
This is the brain region mainly associated with rational, higher-level thought as well as decision-making and planning complex behaviors. In a survival response, it goes 'offline'.
What is the Pre-Frontal Cortext
This is a behavior response trying to please others or to be perfect to avoid unnecessary or extreme punishment or abuse.
What is Fawn
Acting withdrawn or isolating
When you ask for what you want and don't get it.
What is False
Responsible for excitement and joy. Too much can lead to addiction. Can negatively impact the frontal lobe from making good choices.
What is Dopamine.
The brain region responsible for cataloging memories. This part may be limited during the traumatic experience. This is why memories sometimes come back in non-sequential ways or may even be completely forgotten for a time.
What is the hippocampus.
Starts with increased cortisol used to protect oneself against another.
Example: When witnessing a black bear you might get loud, spread your arms, and make yourself appear as large as you can.
Acting extremely responsible
What is Fight
When a younger sibling hits, bites, or kicks during arguments.
What is False.
A hormone responsible for energy by increasing sugar into the muscles. Too much can be toxic to the body, prevent repair of muscles and tissues, and lower your immunity to sickness.
What is Cortisol.
The 'Smoke Alarm' of the brain and when activated by danger or fear results in autonomic survival responses. These dangers may be real or perceived threats.
What is the Amygdala.
Known to cause dissociation. Has symptoms like numbness in the body, shallow breathing, reduced heart rate, blurred vision and immobility.
Flop (also known as Faint).
Acting depressed, denying all feelings, blocking out memories are all examples of what?
What is Freeze.
Exposure to physical, emotional, or sexual abuse
What is True.
Puts muscles into actions to help play sports or can prepare you for danger. A hormone that prepares you for fight or flight when the Amygdala senses a threat.
What is Adrenaline.
The 'data collector' of the brain. Scans the outside environment looking for threats. It uses the 5 senses as ways to gather information. This part of the brain also gets feedback from the body through the Vagus Nerve.
What is the Thalamus
Starts with increase cortisol but nothing happens. This can lead someone to stay stuck leaving that person too believe the threat is ongoing.
Example: When seeing a brown bear you play dead. Remain motionless even if attacked.
What is Freeze.
Difficulty sleeping or nightmares are examples of what response?
What is Flight
Not feeling loved, important, or special.
What is True.
When we don't have enough of this hormone to produce energy and the safest option is to freeze.
What is cortisol.
Once activated, this parts of the brain is responsible for sending signals for hormone release that causes Fight, Flight, or Freeze.
What is the Hypothalamus.
Starts with increased cortisol response leading you to avoid or flee the situation.
What is Flight.