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    • Point
      Fight/flight response does not always explain effects of chronic stress
    • E + E
      Levine (1997) highlighted the ‘freeze response’ to extreme stress, caused by activation of the parasympathetic NS.
      Freezing is a defense mechanism characterised by a reduced heart rate and dissociation from the immediate environment.
      Defensive Freezing often occurs when an individual is exposed to extreme threat (e.g. trauma), or when fight/flight is not viable.
      • This suggests humans are not limited to the fight or flight response to stress.
      ∴ Fight/Flight response lacks understanding, further research needed.
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