Trauma · Core
Fight Flight Freeze Fawn Worksheet
All four responses mapped to one nervous system
Map all four survival responses onto the client's own life: which one is the default, what each feels like from inside, what other people see, and the specific tool that brings the system back into the window.
Response
How often (0-10)
What it feels like inside
What others see
What helps
Reflection
My default response, and the situations that trigger it
The response I almost never use — and what it would take to access it
The earliest body signal that any of them is starting
Fawn is often missed
Fawn frequently reads as agreeableness, maturity or being 'easy to work with', so it goes unnamed for years — including in therapy. If a client cannot find fight, flight or freeze in a situation where they clearly felt unsafe, check for appeasement.