Freeze state nervous system

Your nervous system can become stuck in a functional freeze state after living with chronic stress or stored trauma for months, years, and even decades. Here are some common signs and symptoms of being stuck in functional freeze.

Burnout Recovery Coach | Holistic Dietitian on Instagram: "🩷Try this practice! Functional Freeze is something I used to get stuck in often…. When things become too much or too overwhelming we might move into a collapsed or shut down nervous system state aka Freeze. You might feel a numbness, procrastination, a block or frozen energy take over your body & mind. You know you “should” do be doing something, but you just kind of freeze when the time comes to do it. And you either experience an

✨Recognizing which state your nervous system is in can help you better understand your feelings and reactions. Each state serves a purpose and signals your body’s needs. ✅Our aim and purpose is to be able to navigate these states with flexibility according to what is needed of us in the moment. ✅A regulated nervous system doesn’t mean calm and peace all the time but what it means is it’s capacity to adapt to what external environment asks of us. 🔥For example, if there is a dangerous…

When it comes to regulating the function of the nervous system, understanding the concepts of up-regulation and down-regulation is essential. This refers to nervous system state-shifting. When we are sympathetic dominant, we benefit from down-regulation strategies, and when we trend toward parasympathetic dominance, we can benefit from upregulating practices.