Signs for each mode
A full breakdown of what Fight, Flight, Fawn and Freeze actually look like in everyday life - so you can name what's happening the moment it starts.
There are four states your nervous system moves through when it feels unsafe. Most people live in one - and have no idea. This guide shows you which one's yours.
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None of that is a character flaw.
It's a pattern - and once you can see it, you can work with it.
Most of us were never taught that the body has a logic - that snapping or shutting down or people-pleasing aren't random, they're responses. When you can name which mode you're in, you stop fighting yourself and start getting curious instead.
Anger, explosions, control, slamming doors - your body believes there's a threat and it's gearing up to face it.
Overthinking, perfectionism, workaholism, panic - your body believes the safest thing is to keep moving and never stop.
People-pleasing, no boundaries, self-critique, codependency - your body learned that keeping others happy kept you safe.
Numb, stuck, dissociated, exhausted, can't decide - your body has shut down because it ran out of other options.
A full breakdown of what Fight, Flight, Fawn and Freeze actually look like in everyday life - so you can name what's happening the moment it starts.
Specific, practical techniques for each mode - because what brings you out of Fight is different from what brings you out of Freeze.
Grounding questions to help you process what happened, understand the trigger, and figure out what your body actually needs.
The words your nervous system has been waiting to hear - for the part of you that first learned to protect itself this way.
I'm Jess - Reiki Master/Teacher and Intuitive Healer based in Adelaide. I spent most of my life cycling between rage I couldn't explain and a numbness I couldn't shake. No one ever taught me that my nervous system was just trying to keep me alive.
Years of energy work, breathwork and bodywork changed that. Once I learned to recognise which mode I was in - and stopped shaming myself for being there - everything shifted. My relationships, my energy, my ability to actually be present in my own life.
This cheatsheet is the resource I would have handed myself ten years ago.
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Take a breath. Notice where you feel it in your body. You just did something kind for yourself.
- Jess x