Trauma responses (for educational purposes):
All five responses are our bodies' automatic ways of protecting us from further harm and surviving a dangerous situation:
Fight: physically fighting, pushing, struggling, and fighting verbally e.g. saying 'no'.
Flight: putting distance between you and danger, including running, hiding or backing away.
Freeze: going tense, still and silent. This is a common reaction to a and sexual violence. Freezing is not giving consent, it is an instinctive survival response. Animals often freeze to avoid fights and potential further harm, or to 'play dead' and so avoid being seen and eaten by predators.
Flop: similar to freezing, except your muscles become loose and your body goes floppy. This is an automatic reaction that can reduce the physical pain of what's happening to you. Your mind can also shut down to protect itself.
Friend: calling for a 'friend' or bystander for help, for example by shouting or screaming, and/or 'befriending' the person who is dangerous, for example by placating, negotiating, bribing or pleading with them. Again, this is not you giving your attacker consent, it is an instinctive survival mechanism.