Fight Flight Freeze

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• Fight Flight Freeze
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• In the UK, self-defence is permitted, with the
  caveat that no more than reasonable force is
  being used. This may be confusing but two recent
  cases clearly highlight what is unreasonable and
  what is not. Do you want to learn more? Visit
  fight-flight-freeze.
• Both cases are, in their own way, shocking.
  Returning from a night out, Munir Hussein and his
  father were arrested and tied up as their house
  was ransacked. If they did not comply the
  burglars tried to destroy the children. The
  warning was finally raised, and the burglars fled
  screaming. Hussein and his brother pursued one of
  the criminals and beat him badly, breaking a
  cricket bat into three pieces while doing so!
• Omari Roberts, in another instance, arrived home
  for lunch to find two burglars. In a fight for
  his life he ended up stabbing one in the leg and
  killing the other.
• Hussein went to jail but was released on appeal
  whereas Roberts had dropped all charges when he
  was about to begin his trial. Put clearly Roberts
  used the energy needed to protect himself when
  Hussein didn't even protect himself when he
  conducted the burglar assault.

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• The freeze, fight or flight answer has kicked in
  in serious circumstances like these mentioned.
  Hardwired this reaction is an important
  evolutionary process to result in survival. If
  the danger is detected, the powerful combination
  of endocrine and neural activity produced allows
  a person ready to use the correct response
  freeze, battle, escape! Have a look at
  fight-flight to get more info on this.
• The trouble is that the body does not understand
  reasonable force, it is in mode of survival. And
  the must live. An emotional response to the
  threat will help prepare for the struggle, if
  that is the selected answer. Adrenaline and
  cortisol flood the system which poses a problem
  with logical judgement.

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• The two perpetrators are easy to empathize with.
  They had invaded their homes and their lives were
  in danger, and perhaps even those of their loved
  ones. Of necessity, they were within their
  privileges to protect themselves. The irony is
  that the case ending in the perpetrator's death
  was considered self defense.
• Those issues are applicable to all martial
  artists.
• Firstly, we must be confident that we recognize
  fair force
• Secondly, when under attack we need to be able to
  work within those constraints
• Third, we need to understand and incorporate
  stress response in our training

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• Self-defense experts often refer to the response
  to stress as something to overcome in a situation
  of self-defence. I like to think of it as an
  educable device. It is, after all, an
  evolutionary mechanism built to bring about
  survival. Overcoming sabre tooth tigers is in
  position, can we sure use it in our training? If
  you wish to learn more about this, visit fight or
  flight examples
• Summary
• "Helping People with Complex Trauma or PTSD Make
  Real Progress, so They Can Live Normal Lives
  Again."? Roland Bal
• Visit this site to learn more
• https//rolandbal.com/fight-flight-anxiety/