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Flight, Fight, Freeze...and Total Submission?

yakusokuyakusokuMember
So, I've heard Flight, Fight or Freeze discussed on here before and as regards my own experiences...but, I've been reading an article on trauma and structural dissociation that adds a fourth category of Total Submission. Can anyone explain to me what the differences are between Freeze and Total Submission? Psychologically and/or physiologically?

Just curious...
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scaredtoriskmyselfscaredtoriskmyselfCo-moderator
My T explained this to me once, but I'm going on memory here. When the other defenses fail which are fight, flight or freeze then submission becomes the last defense in order to stay alive. If you fight when it is too dangerous you could end up hurt more. If you can't flee then you might freeze, but if freezing fails you are out of defenses to it no longer makes sense to use any 3 of those because you could end up in worse shape.

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