The Fun Response to a Threat

I think the fun response is so common and not as well understood or recognized for what it is. And I think the big piece too is that it just like the fight flight freeze, it can be reflexive. We can't tell ourselves when we're really distressed or activated or upset not to have the simple to run or to yell at someone. There's this very real bodily autonomic mechanism that our brain gets hijacked by the body when we reach a certain level of fear or distress and the fond response is a part of that too.

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