No Visible Bruises How To Break Out Of A Freeze Response
Apr 16, 2024
Explore the freeze response and its impact on disconnection, learn the vu breath technique to shift out of freeze state, understand the connection between emotions and chronic illnesses, and discover the journey to emotional healing
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Functional Freeze Can Mask Normal Life
- Freeze is a nervous-system survival response that can make you feel present but dissociated for years.
- Caroline Strawson realized she lived in a functional freeze during and after an abusive marriage.
Smiling Outside, Numb Inside
- Caroline recalls smiling and functioning while feeling disconnected and climbing 'Mount Everest' to get out of bed.
- She later linked that chronic numbness to a prolonged freeze response from her abusive relationship.
Traffic Lights Of The Nervous System
- The nervous system shifts through a hierarchy: green (safe), yellow (fight/flight), red (freeze).
- Prolonged freeze conserves energy for vital organs while numbing emotion and awareness.