Psychiatrist’s #1 Solution for Calming Fight, Flight, and Freeze States By Sonia Story, M.S. Mental health practitioners are familiar with the nervous system states of fight, flight, or freeze that are common with anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD, and other mental health concerns. Trauma specialists like Bruce Perry, M.D. and Bessel van der Kolk, M.D. recognize that standard talk therapy methods for addressing mental health issues may be useful for some individuals, but of
