For kids like me, the part of the brain that deals with stress and conflict is always activated...We are constantly ready to fight or flee, because there is a constant exposure to the bear, whether that bear is an alcoholic dad or an unhinged mom (p228)....I see conflict and I run away or prepare for battle. (p246)
J.D. Vance, Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
adverse-circumstances, conflict, fight, flee, stress