This blog explores the factors that may be influencing your child’s behaviour, including brain inflammation, trauma, and environmental triggers. By understanding these contributors and taking practical steps, you can support your child’s development while creating a stronger, more connected relationship with them.
The freeze response is not something to “fix”; it’s part of our natural human experience, a response that has helped us survive moments of great challenge. Healing simply requires us to find ways to feel safe, supported, and connected enough to re-engage with life.
The flight response doesn’t always mean physically running away; instead, it often shows up in the need to mentally check out, avoid challenging conversations, or keep ourselves “too busy” to pause and reflect and be present with the REALLY uncomfortable stuff.
The fight response is a part of our survival instinct. It's there to protect us, but in today’s world, this response can sometimes lead to more challenges than solutions, especially in our relationships and our own mental well-being.