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Mental health
fromPsychology Today
6 days ago

Does the Context of a 'Trigger Sound' Matter in Misophonia?

Misophonia triggers an involuntary fight-flight-freeze neurophysiological response causing intense distress; cognitive reframing helps aftermath but cannot replace accommodation.
Mental health
fromHarvard Business Review
2 weeks ago

6 Defensive Behaviors That Show Up at Work-and How Psychological Safety Can Help

Human survival responses include six instinctive threat reactions: fight, flight, freeze, please/appease (fawning), attach/cry for help, and collapse.
fromPsychology Today
3 weeks ago

How to Take Action When Things Go Wrong

When things go wrong in our lives, we can experience stress, feeling a constant sense of threat that keeps us from solving our problems. In an emergency, this stress reaction can save our lives. The alarm center in our brains responds to a threat with the survival reaction of fight, flight, or freeze, causing us to take immediate action (LeDoux, 1996).
Psychology
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