Fight, Flight or Freeze...
Which one do you defer to when you are faced with conflict?
I often tell people that when I'm faced with conflict I defer to tears, emotion and embarrassment OR I will rip your face off. Now, I like to think I'm joking when I saw that I will rip your face off BUT I do have an edgy side that I've had to work really hard to soften. As I've worked on my FIGHT or FLIGHT tendencies, I've noticed that I also have a tendency to land in the FREEZE zone. Completely paralyzed by the avoidance of conflict that I just don't want to deal with so that I can protect myself from the fight and flight habits that I've worked SOOOO hard to break.
This new freeze stage that I've discovered has unfortunately led to a habit of being indecisive so I have to carefully and consciously attach the tag decisive in order to move forward through and past the conflict without showing up as someone I don't want to be.
What defensive space do you enter when you are faced with conflict? Fight, Flight or Freeze?
