Fight, Flight, Freeze Response: Explaining Your Stress Response (And What Happens In Your Brain)

The fight, flight, freeze response is our body’s natural response to danger and threats. It’s stress response that kicks in to keep us safe – a survival mechanism. Sometimes, it’s hard to turn off and stops you from doing all the usual things you enjoy. So, in this video I’m going to explain what the fight, flight, freeze response is and what happens in the brain. You’ll also learn what you can do to take back control and calm things down.

Recognising the signs of your fight, flight, freeze response helps you respond and take control and better manage ongoing stress, worry and even anxiety in difficult situations and daily life.

In my forthcoming videos, I’ll be sharing strategies and techniques that can help you calm down and switch off the fight, flight, freeze response.

#anxiety #stressresponse

Timestamps:
00:00 What is the Fight, Flight, Freeze Response
01:28 What happens in the brain when you feel stressed
02:50 Autonomic nervous system functions explained
04:30 How to recognise the physical symptoms of the fight, flight, freeze response
05:57 How to calm the fight, flight, freeze response down
07:26 Symptoms and signs of fight, flight, freeze
09:01 Outro and support for anxiety and stress

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About Me – I’m Andrew Major, qualified and accredited Clinical Hypnotherapist and Psychotherapist specialising in Solution Focused techniques, a highly effective form of therapy which helps clients with mental and emotional struggles. Practicing in the UK since 2018, I’m passionate about the work I do to help clients make the positive changes to overcome mental health issues.

I completed my training with the renowned Clifton Practice, the leading Hypnotherapy training school in the UK obtaining a Diploma in Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy, (DSFH) and I also completed and was awarded the prestigious Hypnotherapy Practitioner Diploma (HPD), considered to be the ‘gold standard’ hypnotherapy qualification accredited by NCFE which has measurable learning outcomes that have been benchmarked at Level 4 (using Ofqual’s Qualification and Credit Framework). I’m registered with professional bodies, (AfSFH-Reg, MNCH-Reg, CNHC-Reg, MNCP), and I’m committed to the highest standards, following a professional code of conduct.

[RhodaGeddes]

I've commented before, this is absolutely perfect. The more you listen the better it becomes. Thank you Andrew.

[mudbutton]

I was a police officer for over 30 years and retired ill health with PTSD. For many years I would have an active fight / flight response for the entire shift while at work. And hypervigilance. Unfortunately it takes very little to set off my fight / flight response now and along with that, rumination and anxiety. I am finding some help and relief in your videos.

[Amirali-txnw]

Thank you Mr major for your free help in youtube, I follow you from Iran and your therapy seriously helps me, much appreciated for your help to make people healthy

[bellafarfalla]

Thank you for explaining this in plain english. I have a really strange and specific question for you if you don't mind. I lose my mind when it rains. This is the result of two traumas, both occurred outdoors during rain. I was trapped under a wooden roof after it was blown over and fell on me in 2003, and I was a pedestrian hit by a car in 2014 (so I deal with chronic pain too). It's definitely fight flight freeze, more flight and freeze and panic. Here's the tricky part. I'm usually indoors, and I hear myself telling my brain that I'm safe. Nothing slows down. I do everything that I know to do, and nothing turns that response off until it's over. It's completely automatic. I have no control over it, and I know that because I've been trying to control it for 20 years now. It only affects me when it rains or I get a weather alert of incoming rain. I don't like the fact that my brain is always looking for trouble. Trying to flip that is proving very difficult.

[sweetpea]

Thank you Andrew I appreciate your videos they have helped me a lot relaxing has been very hard for me but now it's improved and I can't thank you enough 😂

[uqwtivm]

Really, really works, thank you so much it has helped me so much

[trishcovich]

Hi dear Andrew. Do you do one to work? Im based in New Zealand.