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Reconnecting Through Community: The Heart of Mental Health Awareness Week 2025

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  In a world more connected than ever, we’ve paradoxically become more isolated. Social media has replaced real social interaction. Busy schedules have replaced meaningful conversations. The pandemic era may be behind us, but its effects linger, in the quiet loneliness of an elderly neighbor, the silent struggles of a friend, the unspoken pain behind a co-worker’s smile. As we mark  Mental Health Awareness Week 2025 , this year’s theme.  The Power of Community , could not be more urgent or relevant. Because community isn’t just a concept. It’s a lifeline. The Quiet Crisis of Disconnection Over the last few decades, societal changes have gradually pulled us apart. Work has become more remote. Families are more dispersed. Face-to-face interactions have been replaced by online check-ins and text messages. While technology has given us tools to connect, it’s also offered ways to hide. And what once might have been noticed, a change in mood, a withdrawal, a cry for help, is no...
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Understanding the Trauma Responses: Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn & Flop How the Body Remembers, Reacts, and Recovers

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  Understanding the Trauma Responses: Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn & Flop How the Body Remembers, Reacts, and Recovers. By Phiona Hutton  Trauma isn’t just an emotional wound, it’s a full-body experience. Long after a threat has passed, the body can remain in a state of hypervigilance or shutdown. The responses we commonly refer to as  fight, flight, freeze, fawn , and  flop  are not choices we make consciously. Rather, they are  automatic nervous system responses , deeply ingrained survival mechanisms governed by millions of years of evolution. What Are the Five Trauma Responses? These five responses arise from our autonomic nervous system (ANS) when we perceive danger. They are: Fight : Confront the threat aggressively. Flight : Escape the danger. Freeze : Become still to avoid detection. Fawn : Please or appease to avoid conflict or harm. Flop : Collapse or play dead, sometimes leading to dissociation. Each is adaptive in certain situations but can be...
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