Everyone I have spoke with has heard of fight or flight, but there is a 3rd "Freeze".
I admit I get random attacks some medical folks call anxiety or panic attacks. I get them rarely, never understood the when they happen randomly an strangely some strong some weak. I have kept my wits to fight or flee or hide out. I was okay in the field training in the Army never had one attack. I went up a ladder once and about fell, having one
some like these people don't fight or flight (run) they freeze and need a strong command, maybe a smack on the head. Some just freeze a second and are fortunate to to get there brain working before itz too late.
amygdala receives sensory information from two separate pathways: a short route and a long route. Like all sensory information, the message is first routed to the thalamus. Then information is sent directly to the amygdala (short route), which produces a fast reaction to the situation. Other information travels from the thalamus through the cortex (visual, auditory, prefrontal, etc.) and then to the amygdala (long route). The cortex evaluates the situation, assigns it a meaning. I might be wrong but I think some people who freeze needs what i heard is a ooda loop interrupter, a mental swift kick.
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