Why does our brain sometimes not initiate the fight or flee but make us unable to move when we experience intense fear?
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Freeze is actually technically a valid option during some forms of danger, as predators are often attracted to movement. If, say, you had two mice that saw a cat approaching, the mouse that froze may blend in to their surroundings while the running mouse may attract the cat’s attention.
For people, this is not often a valid technique since their predator is all too often another human.
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