{"id":120917,"date":"2024-01-17T08:49:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T12:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=120917"},"modified":"2024-01-17T12:46:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T16:46:58","slug":"four-fs-of-trauma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/four-fs-of-trauma\/","title":{"rendered":"The Four Fs of Trauma: Fight, Flight, Freeze, and Fawn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What are the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/responses-to-trauma\/\">common trauma responses<\/a> known as the four Fs of trauma? How can these responses influence behavior?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The four Fs of trauma are fight, flight, freeze, and fawn, and each represents a way that someone might respond to trauma. Looking at each one can help you identify your own patterns of response to trauma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn how to recognize each of these responses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-trauma-responses-the-four-fs\">Trauma Responses: The Four Fs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One way to think about complex PTSD (CPTSD) is as a condition where someone\u2019s gotten trapped in a <em>trauma response<\/em>. Trauma responses are defense mechanisms against danger, whether that danger is real or only perceived. It\u2019s important to note that trauma responses are natural and (usually) healthy responses to danger\u2014however, in the case of CPTSD, a person may perceive <em>everything <\/em>as dangerous and respond accordingly.\u00a0 The four Fs of trauma (fight, flight, freeze, and fawn) refer to types of trauma responses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: People with PTSD and CPTSD become trapped in their trauma responses because they\u2019re <a href=\"https:\/\/adaa.org\/learn-from-us\/from-the-experts\/blog-posts\/consumer\/traumatic-experiences-getting-stuck-and-unstuck#:~:text=Individuals%20may%20become%20%E2%80%9Cstuck%E2%80%9D%20in%20the%20memory%20of%20the%20trauma%20and%20may%20report%20feeling%20haunted%20by%20it.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">trapped in the memories of their traumatic experiences<\/a>. This means that the survivor is reliving the experience over and over again, either cognitively (remembering the events) or emotionally (remembering how they felt back then). As a result, their brains and bodies respond as if they were still in that situation, leading to the ongoing trauma response.)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this section, we\u2019ll briefly discuss the four types of trauma response and how getting trapped in each type can influence a person\u2019s behavior.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Fight: The person tries to directly confront and overcome the danger.<\/strong> Someone trapped in a fight response will often try to control everything around them through bullying or manipulation. They may seem overly aggressive and are prone to emotional outbursts when they don\u2019t get their way.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. Flight: The person tries to escape from the danger. <\/strong>Someone trapped in a flight response will try to escape from situations that feel dangerous or stressful. If they can\u2019t physically leave the situation\u2014for instance, if something stressful happens at work\u2014they often try to mentally escape using methods like playing games, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/news-feed-scrolling\/\">scrolling social media<\/a>, or daydreaming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. Freeze: The person tries to avoid being noticed in hopes that the danger will pass them by. <\/strong>Someone trapped in a freeze response might try to avoid any situation that feels at all uncomfortable, leading to reclusive and asocial behavior.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4. Fawn: The person tries to stay safe by appeasing the source of the danger. <\/strong>Someone trapped in a fawn response shows codependent or people-pleasing behavior; they consistently put others\u2019 needs and wants above their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: Exactly how many different \u201cFs\u201d there are is a matter of ongoing discussion. The original, and most widely known, term to describe trauma responses is just two Fs: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.harvard.edu\/staying-healthy\/understanding-the-stress-response#:~:text=This%20combination%20of%20reactions%20to%20stress%20is%20also%20known%20as%20the%20%22fight%2Dor%2Dflight%22%20response\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cfight or flight<\/a>.\u201d The four trauma responses presented here are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplypsychology.org\/fight-flight-freeze-fawn.html#What-Is-Fight-Flight-or-Freeze:~:text=Thus%20defining%20what%20is%20now%20called%20fight%2C%20flight%2C%20freeze%2C%20and%20fawn%3A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the commonly accepted model today<\/a>. However, some mental health professionals argue that there should be <a href=\"https:\/\/traumathrivers.com\/an-introduction-to-the-five-fs-5-physical-responses-to-danger-and-threat\/#:~:text=with%20has%20done.-,Flop,-Flop%20represents%20the\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a fifth F: flop<\/a>. A flop response is when somebody\u2019s so overwhelmed by ongoing abuse or trauma that they completely give up; they\u2019ll instinctively obey their abuser, but seem unable to think on their own. Sometimes they might also physically flop, going limp and falling to the ground in order to show that they\u2019re completely submissive and nonthreatening.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CPTSD is often misdiagnosed as various other psychiatric disorders\u2014for example, a flight response might look like clinical anxiety or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), while a freeze response might look like depression. However, in the case of CPTSD, <strong>such behaviors are learned responses to stress and trauma rather than the results of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/chemical-imbalance-theory\/\">chemical imbalance in the brain<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: When conditions have overlapping symptoms like described here, doctors will often perform a <a href=\"https:\/\/psychcentral.com\/ptsd\/differential-diagnosis-of-ptsd-symptoms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">differential diagnosis<\/a> to figure out which condition their patient is suffering from. In brief, a differential diagnosis means that the provider <a href=\"https:\/\/my.clevelandclinic.org\/health\/diagnostics\/22327-differential-diagnosis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">makes a list of conditions<\/a> that <em>could <\/em>explain the patient\u2019s symptoms, then runs tests to narrow down the list until they\u2019re able to make a diagnosis.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the common trauma responses known as the four Fs of trauma? How can these responses influence behavior? The four Fs of trauma are fight, flight, freeze, and fawn, and each represents a way that someone might respond to trauma. Looking at each one can help you identify your own patterns of response to trauma. 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