What are the four Stress Responses?

by Windy BormanMay 7, 2024Consent-Forward Creativity0 comments

Did you know there are four (4) behavioral responses to stress? Before I studied trauma-informed practices as a Consent-Forward Artist, I knew three (3) stress responses: Fight, Flight, and Freeze. However, the fourth response (Fawn) was new to me.

Below is a chart that details the four (4) Trauma Responses and their corresponding behaviors.

A chart showing the four trauma responses, also known as behavioral responses to stress. They are: Fight, Flight, Freeze, and Fawn.

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Written by Windy Borman

Windy Borman is a documentary filmmaker, Narrative Architect, and founder of WB Consulting LLC. After 25+ years on both sides of the camera and the stage — producing films that premiered at Sundance and HBO, interviewing Sir Richard Branson and Governor Gavin Newsom, and directing Ashley Judd's voiceover work — she created the B.R.A.V.E. Framework™: the narrative architecture system that gets the real version of female and non-binary executives from the Green Room to the mic. She works with executives and leaders who are done being the best-kept secret in their industry.