Embracing the Forgotten Freeze Response

Many people are conversant in the ‘combat or flight response.’ Nonetheless, little is understood in regards to the ‘freeze response’ and the way it results in nervousness problems, hypersensitivity, and DPDR in a while in life. At this time on the nervousness man podcast nevertheless all shall be revealed.

On this candid dialogue, I share my private experiences with freezing, tracing it again to childhood moments and the authority figures that left a long-lasting influence. We’re diving past the floor to uncover the results of freezing on my life and probably on yours as nicely.

Collectively, we’ll unravel the lesser-known facet of the fight-flight-freeze response.

Whereas many are conversant in combat or flight, few acknowledge the significance of freezing. I discover how freezing formed my actions, resulting in suppressed concepts, lowered self-worth, and repressed feelings. This episode peels again the layers, revealing the profound implications of those frozen states.

As we discover additional, I make clear how freezing usually stems from unresolved traumas and occasions the place combating or fleeing wasn’t an possibility for a weak baby. The aftermath of such experiences can affect our lives in sudden methods.

However concern not, as a result of there’s a transformative resolution inside attain.

I introduce a strong method that enabled me to interrupt free from frozen feelings: creating protected havens inside my creativeness. By envisioning alternate eventualities throughout past traumas, I managed to detach detrimental feelings from these recollections. This emotional reframing method faucets into the mind’s unimaginable plasticity, permitting us to rewrite outdated narratives.

Creativity turns into our ally on this transformative journey.

I encourage you to reimagine previous conditions in distinctive ways in which empower you. By way of constant apply and deep emotional involvement, you possibly can rewire your mind’s connections and liberate your self from frozen states.

As we conclude, I stress the concept that your previous doesn’t need to outline your current or future. I empower you to problem the constraints imposed by your ego and change them with self-love and understanding. This episode isn’t nearly understanding frozen feelings—it’s about taking actionable steps in direction of transformation.

Be part of me as we embark on this journey of self-discovery, therapeutic, and empowerment.

Tune in to this episode to uncover the trail in direction of thawing frozen feelings and embracing your true potential. Bear in mind, you might be greater than the feelings that bind you. Begin your therapeutic journey right this moment by visiting the Panic Attack Recovery Program Page.

Episode Define 

• [00:00] Episode define 
• [00:46] Episode theme introduction 
• [01:01] Reflection on freezing 
• [03:54] Freezing resulting in hypersensitivity 
• [05:42] Making a protected place amidst trauma 
• [07:00] Eliminating freezing sensation 
• [09:02] Defying your ego and concern 
• [10:21] The top 

Quotes 

• “Freezing paved the way in which for suppressing my very own concepts sooner or later,  hoping by no means to step on anybody’s sneakers,  and tippy-toeing round life”
• “Freezing paved the way in which for suppressing my very own concepts sooner or later,  hoping by no means to step on anybody’s sneakers,  and tippy-toeing round life”
• “However let me let you know one thing.  Your previous doesn’t need to be your current nor your future.  Each single time you go about your day,  reliving and reconditioning your self primarily based on this  outdated programming,  you might be strengthening the fears”
• “And so we will start to switch the irrational concern with unconditional love for ourselves and for everyone else by not being led by the ego mind.  You are able to do this beginning right this moment and I extremely suggest that you simply get artistic with this concept of making protected locations primarily based on previous experiences to let go of the freezing that has occurred inside your physiology.”

When there was an incapacity to combat or flight, how has the ‘freeze’ response affected your grownup life? Remark beneath.

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