Responder

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A responder is a headmate that holds or primarily handles an acute stress response. They may also embody that response in some way.

Types of Responses
Acute stress responses (also trauma response, fear response, or hyperarousal) are most commonly described by "fight-or-flight", with later additions of other responses. They are usually called "the four F's" / "the five F's" / ... due to the tendency of term collections to be alliterative. There is no one complete list of response types, but references include:


 * Fight: aggression towards the source of acute stress; this may include physical and verbal aggression or any type of confrontation
 * Flight: avoidance of the source of acute stress; this may include physical evasion as well as distraction and denial
 * Freeze: lack of action in situations of acute stress; this may include physical stillness as well as emotional numbness
 * Flop: becoming unresponsive to the source of acute stress; this may include going physically limp and fainting
 * Fawn: appeasement of the source of acute stress; this may include trying to calm an aggressor or taking preemptive measures when confrontation is expected
 * see fawn responder
 * Fib: evasion or dispute over the source of acute stress; this may include spontaneous lying about own or others' actions, thoughts, or feelings, or facts about a situation

Acute stress responses are often connected to triggered states and are connected to unintentional behaviour. A person may be particularly inclined towards a specific response or may display responses depending on context. There are theories that acute stress responses are staggered and "later" responses are only activated when "earlier" ones have failed or are not applicable.