Constanza González

Academic Writing

Maggie Sloan

September 27, 2022

Bibliography:

Marschall, Amy. (2021, October 10). The Four Fear Responses: Fight, Flight, freeze, and
Fawn. VeryWell Mind. https://www., erywellmind.com/the-four-fear-responses-fight-
flight-freeze-and-fawn-5205083

In the article “The Four Fear Responses”, Marschall mentions that fear is an

unavoidable facet of the human experience, and it can be defined through four categories:

fight, flight, freeze and fawn. Whenever our brain feels that we are in a situation of

danger, it’s objective is making a decision that can be crucial for our safety. The “fight”

response comes when our brain thinks our body is capable of defeating the danger we are

facing, but we need to take into account that it’s not always effective. The “flight”

response appears when our brain decides that our body is unable of fighting the danger

successfully, so our response is to escape from it. The “freeze” response appears when our

brain tries to avoid being perceived by the threat, so we stay still until there’s no more

danger. And the “fawn” response appears when our brain “manipulates” the threat to not

cause any harm. All of this responses act impulsively; our brain has no time to process

which decision is better, meaning we often make the wrong choices. We need to

acknowledge how these responses work so we can learn how to act in a situation of

danger and how to manage it without freaking out.

Constanza González

Academic Writing

Maggie Sloan

September 27, 2022

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