Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn (Paperback)
Idioma: inglés
Editorial: Emma Quinlan, 2026
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Paperback. Are you always waiting for the next bad thing to happen? Always on edge, watching for someone's tone to shift, bracing for an impact that feels moments away - even when nothing is actually wrong? Maybe you're hypervigilant, scanning every interaction for danger: "Did I do something wrong? Why do they sound blunt? Are they angry?" Maybe you avoid conflict at all costs, terrified of what might erupt if you speak up. Or maybe you reshape yourself to keep the peace - agreeable, compliant, over-giving - hoping that if you stay "good," you won't be hurt. What you've spent your life believing are personality traits can, in fact, be trauma responses. You didn't choose them; they formed to protect you. Perhaps your default is fight, always ready for battle - verbally, emotionally, or physically - because it was once the only way to stay safe. Maybe you lean toward flight, doing anything you can to escape discomfort or potential harm, even when part of you wants to stay. Or you may freeze, disconnecting from your own thoughts, feelings, or voice because speaking or acting once came with danger. Then there's fawn, the people-pleasing survival strategy that has you abandoning your own needs to soothe others. And finally, the lesser-known flop response: the complete shut-down of mind and body when the overwhelm becomes unbearable. Maybe you adopted a mix of these trauma responses. Understanding trauma responses and how your survival mode shapes your behaviour is essential to healing. So, if you've ever wondered why you overreact, shut down, run, explode, go numb, or over-accommodate, this book will help you see that your reactions aren't defective behaviour or toxic traits: they're survival responses born out of trauma. Drawing from lived experience and years of research into trauma and the nervous system, I wrote this book for people who don't understand why they react the way they do - or how to care for themselves when overwhelm takes over - because that was once my everyday reality, too. I'll talk about: Why your nervous system chooses fight, flight, freeze, fawn, or flop.How these responses form in childhood and follow you into adulthood.Behaviours you don't realize are trauma-driven.Why you shut down, dissociate, panic, or people-please.How survival mode shapes your relationships, self-worth, and identity.Simple, gentle ways to interrupt that old wiring and begin to feel safe in your own body.Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn explores each trauma response in depth: what it looks like, why it develops, how it plays out in adulthood, and how to work with your nervous system instead of fighting against it. Understanding your trauma responses is the first step toward freeing yourself from them. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…
N° de ref. del artículo 9798232356279
- Título
- Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn (Paperback)
- Autor
- Emma Quinlan
- Editorial
- Emma Quinlan
- Año de publicación
- 2026
- Estado
- new
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- Idioma
- inglés
- ISBN 13
- 9798232356279
- Serie
- Libro 2 de 2: The Aftereffects of Trauma
Are you always waiting for the next bad thing to happen? Always on edge, watching for someone's tone to shift, bracing for an impact that feels moments away - even when nothing is actually wrong?
Maybe you're hypervigilant, scanning every interaction for danger: "Did I do something wrong? Why do they sound blunt? Are they angry?"
Maybe you avoid conflict at all costs, terrified of what might erupt if you speak up.
Or maybe you reshape yourself to keep the peace - agreeable, compliant, over-giving - hoping that if you stay "good," you won't be hurt.
What you've spent your life believing are personality traits can, in fact, be trauma responses. You didn't choose them; they formed to protect you.
Perhaps your default is fight, always ready for battle - verbally, emotionally, or physically - because it was once the only way to stay safe.
Maybe you lean toward flight, doing anything you can to escape discomfort or potential harm, even when part of you wants to stay.
Or you may freeze, disconnecting from your own thoughts, feelings, or voice because speaking or acting once came with danger.
Then there's fawn, the people-pleasing survival strategy that has you abandoning your own needs to soothe others.
And finally, the lesser-known flop response: the complete shut-down of mind and body when the overwhelm becomes unbearable.
Maybe you adopted a mix of these trauma responses.
Understanding trauma responses and how your survival mode shapes your behaviour is essential to healing. So, if you've ever wondered why you overreact, shut down, run, explode, go numb, or over-accommodate, this book will help you see that your reactions aren't defective behaviour or toxic traits: they're survival responses born out of trauma.
Drawing from lived experience and years of research into trauma and the nervous system, I wrote this book for people who don't understand why they react the way they do - or how to care for themselves when overwhelm takes over - because that was once my everyday reality, too.
I'll talk about:
Why your nervous system chooses fight, flight, freeze, fawn, or flop.
How these responses form in childhood and follow you into adulthood.
Behaviours you don't realize are trauma-driven.
Why you shut down, dissociate, panic, or people-please.
How survival mode shapes your relationships, self-worth, and identity.
Simple, gentle ways to interrupt that old wiring and begin to feel safe in your own body.
Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn explores each trauma response in depth: what it looks like, why it develops, how it plays out in adulthood, and how to work with your nervous system instead of fighting against it.
Understanding your trauma responses is the first step toward freeing yourself from them.
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