The 4 F's: Fight, Flight, Freeze, & Fawn

Practicing Human

Cory Muscara

Self Improvement, Health & Fitness, Meditation, Happiness, Mindfulness, Education, Personal Development, Wellness, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Presence, Positive Psychology, Self-improvement, Buddhism

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🗓️ 19 May 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we discuss the various "defense systems" we have access to when we feeling unsafe and threatened. We look at these through an evolutionary lens, but more specifically, how they show can show up in an unhealthy way in our day-to-day life. Most of us are familiar with the fight, flight, and freeze, but fewer of us are aware of the fourth, fawn. We go into detail about the fawn response and how to bring awareness to these patterns.

You can learn more about the fawn response, coined by Peter Walker, at this link.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to Practicing Human, the podcast where every day we're getting
0:05.6	a little better at life.
0:07.3	I'm your host, Cory Muscara.
0:10.2	And before we go into today's episode, I'd like to apologize for the audio.
0:16.2	My usual microphone is broken at the moment and I am on the road so do not have a backup,
0:22.2	which means I am recording right into the computer.
0:25.4	And the alternative was to not do an episode, so I hope you can bear with less than optimal
0:31.5	audio.
0:33.0	Because in today's episode, we're going to be talking about the four F's and more to
0:38.8	come on, what that means in a moment and why that is important in your life.
0:44.1	First, let's settle in together with the sound of the bells.
1:05.1	So the four F's together, these create our internal defense system that we have in service
1:13.7	of keeping us safe.
1:16.0	Most of us are familiar with the first three, fight, flight, freeze.
1:22.6	But there is a fourth that's lesser known but equally if not more important.
1:29.9	So let's review what this can look like in a hypothetical situation that you most likely
1:35.4	won't be in anytime soon.
1:37.7	Imagine you are being chased by a lion.
1:40.8	What would you do?
1:42.3	There wouldn't be much thinking about it actually.
1:45.3	Your mind would press an inner turbo mode but in called fight or flight and in an instant
1:50.4	your heart would start beating fast, your pupils will dilate, your digestion will suppress,
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