This fact sheet explains the stress response, which is our normal survival – fight, flight and freeze response.
With everyday stress our stress response settles and we return to a state of calm.
With trauma our stress response often stays turned on and we are easily triggered into different states of arousal and strong emotional reactions which are hard to manage.
It is important to understand more about the stress response so we can better support people with trauma experiences.
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