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Pressure response: the automatic, neurobiologically driven

Pressure response: the automatic, neurobiologically driven default behavioral pattern that emerges in response to pressure, operating below conscious awareness and determined by the autonomic nervous system's evaluation of threat, manifesting as fight, flight, freeze, or fawn.

Why This Is a Definition

This definition precisely establishes 'pressure response' by identifying its genus (automatic behavioral pattern) and differentia (neurobiologically driven, operating below conscious awareness, determined by autonomic nervous system evaluation, manifesting as fight, flight, freeze, or fawn). It distinguishes it from conscious choices and specifies its biological basis and behavioral manifestations.

Source Lessons

L-0727

The pressure response audit

Examine how you typically respond to pressure — fight, flight, freeze, or fawn.

L-0728

Pause before responding to pressure

Insert a deliberate pause between feeling pressure and acting on it.

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Defines (24)

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