Sexual Assault & the Brain 3: Freezing Responses
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 Published On May 7, 2023

Third in a series of brief animated videos by Dr. Jim Hopper and Kat Duesterhaus, focuses on freezing responses that commonly happen at the beginning of sexual assaults and other traumas: Detection Freezing, Shocked Freezing, and No-Good-Choice Freezing. While people who have been assaulted may say "I froze" to refer to a variety potential responses, it can be very helpful to understand scientifically defined forms/phases of "freezing" and distinguish them from other immobility responses.

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