When most people are in an intense situation (out of rest or digest mode), you generally enter a mode to either fight (and hope you get out the victor) or flight (run and hope you get away). What about Cower (and likely die or just spend time relapsing till your body (if ever) returns into a “safe to restart” mode) Think about a person freezing up to the point they go into a coma or cowering and muttering complete nonsense. Would that be under flighting mentally?
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It would be its own separate thing.
The [expanded version](https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/what-does-fight-flight-freeze-fawn-mean) of this reaction is fight, flight, freeze or fawn:
– Fight: Physically defend yourself from danger
– Flight: Run from danger
– Freeze: Lock up in the hopes that you no longer seem dangerous enough to attack
– Fawn: Ally yourself with the attacker so you are a friend rather than foe.
Cower would be the freeze response.
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