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Hey Soul Family,

We’re going to get in deep today when it comes to trauma responses and what they are. According to the APA (American Psychological Association), trauma is an emotional response to a terrible event. Immediately after the event, shock and denial are typical. Longer term reactions include unpredictable emotions, flashbacks, strained relationships, and even physical symptoms such as nausea or headaches. These feelings are completely normal. Today we’re going to go over and discuss the 4 different types of trauma responses that could have been developed during your childhood or adolescence. There is a very good chance that you fall within at least one of these categories, although it is common to fall within at least two categories. The four categories that we will discuss are fight, flight, freeze, and fawn. There are two other categories that you may also find- friend or flop but I find that these are extensions or branches of fawn and freeze respectively. Understanding our trauma responses and learning more effective ways to cope with and deal with stress will also be beneficial to healing your inner child.