Podcast 403: The 4 Main Trauma Responses + How to Recognize Your Dominant One

CLEANING UP YOUR MENTAL MESS with Dr. Caroline Leaf

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SHOW DESCRIPTION: When we experience any kind of trauma, we can respond to the threat in various ways to cope. We are all familiar with the fight or flight response, but there are actually four main trauma responses, which are categorized as “the four F’s of trauma”: fight, flight, freeze and fawn. In this podcast I will talk about these different trauma responses, and how to manage them in the moment using self-regulation and mind-management techniques. Although recent research indicates there may be two more trauma responses common to human beings, I am just going to concentrate on the main four for this podcast.

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EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

2:30 The different types of trauma responses

4:43 How our experiences affect the mind & brain

10:20 How trauma impacts the mind & brain

11:30 Why mind management is so important

13:20 How our trauma responses help us understand what is going on in our life

16:45, 25:15 Some trauma responses can be good for us!

27:00, 31:28 Using self-regulation to manage trauma responses

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