Humanity’s flight, fight, and freeze responses to threatening situations or potential harm can be mapped around the Enneagram’s Intelligence Centers. For example, the head types generally flee danger as a result of having thought through the implications of harmful situations. The body or gut types fight back as an instinctive response to control themselves and their environment, another form of domination commonly associated with the gut types. The heart types typically will freeze as a way of staying connected to their hearts and mirroring the hearts of others who also may remain in harm’s
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