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Window of Tolerance & Relationship Conflict: Fighting for "Survival"

Window of Tolerance & Relationship Conflict: Fighting for "Survival"

Fight, flight or freeze are the three primary expressions of our survival response and each can be essential for our survival in situations where our survival is truly at stake. However, when survival responses get triggered by common interpersonal conflict, when there are no real survival based threats, these responses may create more problems than they solve.