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When talking about trauma, it is common to refer to the fight or flight response (Brown & Fee, 2002) but other common trauma responses are freeze and appease (Walker, 2008). Fight Flight Freeze Fawn/ Appease The Freeze response is when an individual shut's down and freezes in response to a traumatic response. It can manifest as someone appearing: quiet non responsive not moving The appease response is when an individual ends up catering to the person using violence's need to avoid further...

We are living in a stressful time period with both the pressures of everyday life (including cost of living crisis and inflation) and xenophobic actions in our country and others. Sometimes in moments of personal and societal difficulty, we may internalise and spiral into self doubt, but it is important to remember we are living in a stressful world and it is only natural for the stresses of our personal life and what is happening in society to affect us. It is okay to reach out and ask for...

What are programs or ways to obtain support when leaving domestic violence: Centerlink Crisis Payment can provide a one off payment if...