“[while being chased by the T-Rex] Must go faster.”— Michael Crichton, David Koepp, Dr. Ian Malcolm, Jeff Goldblum, imdb.com
“Walker states that for people with Complex PTSD, individuals develop four “F” responses when they are triggered by emotional flashbacks: they may fight, flee, fawn (seek to please) or freeze. These responses are protective, but they may end up further harming the survivor because the survivor might…”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“Adrenaline is one of the hormones that are critical to help us fight back or flee in the face of danger. Increased adrenaline was responsible for our participants’ dramatic rise in heart rate and blood pressure while listening to their trauma narrative.”— Bessel Van Der Kolk, amazon.com
“A final scenario describes the incipient codependent toddler who largely bypasses the fight, flight and freeze responses and instead learns to fawn her way into the relative safety of becoming helpful. She may be one of the gifted children of Alice Miller’s Drama Of The Gifted Child, who discovers t…”— Pete Walker, pete-walker.com
“Everyone knows and talks about the reaction to danger known as "fight or flight," but most fail to realize that "freeze" is an even more common response - particularly when there are perceived physical OR SOCIAL consequences to either of the first two.”— SHELF HUMMELS, twitter.com