What Happens in the Brain Under Threat: Fight, Flight, Freeze, and Fawn

A one-page diagram for clients and families showing what happens in the brain during a threat response — the amygdala's alarm firing before conscious thought, the prefrontal cortex being outvoted, and the four survival responses (fight, flight, freeze, fawn) with the observable behaviours each one produces. Closes with a de-escalation panel of specific phrases to say and practical steps that help reasoning come back online.