🔗 Fight or Flight
Fight or Flight - Sketchplanations Fight-or-flight psychology, coined by physiologist Walter Cannon in 1915, is only part of a broader spectrum of acute stress responses. A more accurate sequence we experience may be freeze, flight, fight, or fright. Freeze: Our immediate reaction to danger might be to “stop, look, listen,” remaining hyper-vigilant while we assess the threat, and perhaps hope by not moving, the dinosaur won’t spot us. Flight: We may flee the situation to safety....