We find ourselves well into the second month of shelter-in-place, adjusting to life as it has become. We are still teetering between occasional acute stress and that low grade, sustained worry that has become familiar.
It's normal in a time of constant stress to have a natural protective response to this - the "fight/flight/freeze" response that can show up with more frequency during times like this pandemic.
What happens when your natural stress response is "fight" - take action - and your partner's stress response is to freeze? What about when your colleague feels "flight: and you feel "fight"?
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