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Fight, Flight, or Freeze Worksheet

Amanda Knowles

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On this page, we will provide you with a Fight, Flight, or Freeze Worksheet which will help you in getting to know about your responses to any incident that you find fearful or emotionally disturbing.

What is a Fight, Flight, or Freeze Worksheet?

When we are faced with a fearful, traumatic or emotionally disturbing situation, our nervous system responds with one of the three automatic responses. These responses are fight, flight, or freeze. These responses are our survival instincts and we need them for survival. This worksheet will tell you about these responses and then you will get to know about your own response patterns.

How will a Fight, Flight, or Freeze Worksheet help?

It will help you get aware of your response actions in certain situations. You will get to know how you handle situations that you find fearful or disturbing.

Instructions on how to use a Fight, Flight or Freeze Worksheet

Read the descriptions of the three responses provided in the worksheet. Then think and write about your own examples of these responses.

You can download this worksheet here.

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Conclusion

On this page, we provided you with a Fight, Flight, or Freeze Worksheet which hopefully helped you in getting to know about your responses to any incident that you find fearful or emotionally disturbing.


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Amanda Knowles

Amanda Knowled is an Applied Psychologist, with a deep interest in psychopathology and neuropsychology and how psychology impacts and permeates every aspect of our environment. She has worked in Clinical settings (as Special Ed. Counselor, CBT Therapist) and has contributed at local Universities as a Faculty member from time to time. She has a graduate degree in English Literature and feels very connected to how literature and psychology interact. She feels accountable and passionate about making a "QUALITY" contribution to the overall global reform and well-being. She actively seeks out opportunities where she can spread awareness and make a positive difference across the globe for the welfare of our global society.