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The reaction occurs in certain situations and is at the opposite end of the spectrum as fight or flight.
Many children or adults with selective mutism have some auditory processing difficulties. About 20–30% of children or adults with selective mutism have speech or language disorders that add stress to situations in which the child is expected to speak. [19] In the DSM-4, the term “elective mutism” was changed to “selective mutism.”
A nervous system response to a perceived threat that makes you feel paralyzed.
Freezing behavior, also called the freeze response or being petrified, is a reaction to specific stimuli, most commonly observed in prey animals, including humans. [1] [2] When a prey animal has been caught and completely overcome by the predator, it may respond by "freezing up/petrification" or in other words by uncontrollably becoming rigid or limp.
The DSM-5 specifies that there is a higher prevalence of acute stress disorder among females compared to males due to neurobiological gender differences in stress response, as well as an alleged higher risk of experiencing traumatic events (a now defunct assumption originating from the continued prevalence of the Duluth Model in the legal ...
A functional freeze is not an official psychological diagnosis and is different from when your nervous system goes into a freeze response due to a life-threatening situation. Signs of a functional ...
Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD, cPTSD, or hyphenated C-PTSD) is a stress-related mental and behavioral disorder generally occurring in response to complex traumas [1] (i.e., commonly prolonged or repetitive exposures to a series of traumatic events, from which one sees little or no chance to escape). [2] [3] [4]
This adaptation to stress feels like being on autopilot—you're completing tasks but doing so in a dissociative state or while feeling empty inside.
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