Fight or Flight

You all know that the only responses to threat are fight or flight, right?

Wrong.

We think we learned these two responses from animals.

But they have others.

Have you ever seen a scared rabbit? They freeze in the hope that they will blend in so well the predator will not see them.

Have you ever been a dog roll over and present its belly to a threat? They submit so as to not look threatening in return which would escalate the threat.

So, in reality, the choices are fight, flight, freeze, or submit.

I tend to submit.

Which is why my last surgery included a procedure I did not want and wish I had not submitted to. Would you fight a person about to cut you open?

TTYL,

Linda