How to get out of freeze state

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.

Hormone balance Health Coach〰️ Becca on Instagram: "You will want to save this This is the work of Deb Dana and Stephen Porges (autonomic ladder and poly vagal theory). They did not use 1. A unicorn to represent ventral vagal state 2. A dragon to represent fight or flight 3. A turtle to represent freeze mode but I like simple visuals and I hope you do too 😅 Understanding these states is so important, it will bring you so much more awareness so you know when to use solutions…

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

This is one of the BIGGEST questions I get. How does a person come out of a chronic shutdown and functional freeze stress physiology after they've been shutdown and not able to FEEL or process past emotions, memories and sensations effectively, or for many, not at all. Check out this vlog where I go into more detail around coming out of a freeze response. #freezeresponse #trauma #stress #healing #healingtrauma #selfcare #neuroplasticity #health #mentalhealthawareness #nervoussystem…

What are the symptoms of a functional freeze state? The stress response, explained, plus expert advice on how to deal with it.

Lexy Florentina Borja | Somatic Practitioner on Instagram: "Shut down and the freeze response are related but not the same. The freeze response is hallmarked by a tonic immobility, a frenzy inside with an overall feeling of being stuck with one foot on the gas and one foot on the break. Shut down is our state of immobility and is characterized by disconnection - from others and ourselves. The urgency to move forward is not there, but rather a hopelessness and lack of motivation is present…

Somatic Exercises with Liz Tenuto on Instagram: "you’re not alone - feeling frozen / stuck / shutdown after prolonged periods of productivity and constant stress is more common than you might think 👇🏼 when you experience long-term stress or prolonged exposure to threatening or dangerous situations, your stress response system can become dysregulated 🥹 this can lead to a variety of responses, including the freeze response 😮‍💨 living in a chronic state of productivity, fight-or-flight…

Karen Berland on Instagram: "Functional freeze is a state of being where you’re there, but not completely. You’re in a state of physically going through the motions but not processing anything at an emotional level. COMMENT below if you want actionable ways to get past functional freeze and begin living life fully again. #nervoussystemregulation #nervoussystemhealing #freeze #functionalfreeze #functional #healing #emotion #healthcoach #functionalmedicine"