Understand the Sympathetic Nervous System

Understanding the Sympathetic Nervous System A trauma-informed course exploring the body’s survival responses and the 5 Fs: Fight, Flight, Freeze, Flop, and Friend. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed, reactive, frozen, or shut down — this course will help you understand why. You’ll learn: How stress hormones activate Why your body responds before your mind What hyperarousal really means How trauma triggers work Gentle grounding tools to restore calm This is nervous system education through a compassionate lens. You are not broken. Your body is doing what it was designed to do.