Framework

The 4 Stress Response types

The four things a nervous system does under threat: fight, flight, freeze, and tend. The fourth is the one the old fight-or-flight model left out, and it is the most common of them all.

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How the result is decided

Each answer adds to one of 4 facets. Whichever facet ends up highest names your type, so the result is about what leads rather than what is absent.

PushFleeFreezeTend

All 4 types

The Wickabout 33% of peopleYou steady everyone else's nervous system before checking your own, and the cost of that rarely gets counted until you're empty.

The Flashpointabout 22% of peopleYou turn heat into motion before you've thought it through, and that speed can scorch the very things you're trying to protect.

The Runnerabout 24% of peopleYou're gone before the storm even breaks, and somewhere in that quick exit you're still learning how to stay long enough to be found.

The Statueabout 21% of peopleWhen it gets loud you go still, not calm, just paused, and that stillness can look like agreement when it's really shutdown.

Is this you?

The Stress Response test is 20 questions and takes about 3 minutes. Your result carries your own numbers, not just the name.

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