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it should almost always promote action rather than non-action
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Yes, I never did understand the "freeze" reaction. At moments of fear for myself, when the adrenaline kicks in, I go into overdrive. My brain works faster, my reactions speed up, etc, then when the crisis is over, and everything is dealt with, that's when I fall apart.
I would make two points though, 1) every time I have had a high fear situation, I have also had an action to take eg car accidents, dog attacks, etc. I am not sure what would happen if I ever had a high fear situation where I didn't have any idea what to do.
2) I have never (thank god) ever been in a situation where my life was under serious direct threat by others.
I therefore cannot predict with accuracy what I would do in either situation, and I would never assume that I would not freeze under those conditions.
However, in the day-to-day situations that I would have to deal with, I can't understand the freeze reaction. I have seen mothers do it when their children have been injured, and others have had to step in because Mum was useless.
