Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most of us know about the “fight or flight” response, the body’s built-in survival instinct. But that framework leaves out two ...

Fight or flight are not the only common responses to a traumatic event. I addressed this a bit in a column published on November 22, 2022 explaining that some authors describe “4 F’s”: fight, flight, ...

You’re crushing work deadlines and leading Zoom meetings with ease, but when it comes time to decide on dinner, you freeze. Or maybe you can easily make it through a jam-packed work trip, but as soon ...

No formal prevalence studies exist for functional freeze. Many experts suspect underreporting and stigma play a part in that gap. People who feel numb are often told to snap out of it or accused of ...

You sit down to start an important task. The clock is ticking. You know what you need to do, but nothing happens. Your mind goes blank. You stare at the screen. Minutes pass. Hours. The pressure ...

Most of us know about the “fight or flight” response, the body’s built-in survival instinct. But that framework leaves out two other common ways the nervous system reacts to stress. Indeed, ...