Functional 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.

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

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

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"

Somatic Exercises with Liz Tenuto on Instagram: "the silent struggle of living in functional freeze response 👇🏼 when you’re living in a functional freeze, you might look together and calm on the outside, but on the inside you’re shutdown, overwhelmed, and disconnected 🥹 this hidden state is a sneaky survival mechanism, where you operate on autopilot amidst overwhelming stress or years of unresolved trauma 😮‍💨 this isn’t your fault! your nervous system starts to shutdown and move into…

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…

Discover how to identify, manage, and overcome functional freeze with practical strategies and expert advice in our all-in-one guide.

This adaptation to stress feels like being on autopilot—you're completing tasks but doing so in a dissociative state or while feeling empty inside.

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…