Fight-freeze-flight

/faɪt fɹiːz flaɪt/ noun

An expanded model of the acute stress response including the freeze response — immobility when threat is overwhelming — alongside fight and flight reactions.

Extension of Walter Cannon's fight-or-flight model. 'Freeze' added to account for the immobility response observed in trauma.

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