Retrain Your Brain To Get Out Of Freeze Mode

This makes so much sense. I always go into the 'freeze' mode when stressed and then I feel pathetic for lacking the energy to do things. My friends think I disappear or don't care, but in reality, I just can't find the energy to even converse with people in my home or get out. I need to find a way to rewire my brain to prevent this default response.

I never realized it but I do tend to hold my breath or stop breathing subconsciously. Basically, I was suffocating myself. Now I’m making sure to have a steady and uninterrupted flow of air in my lungs. It seems to help with the mental and physical feelings of grogginess and brain fog.

Finally some content on Freeze that is proactive, concise and not a long winded rant with no specific steps of actions. Thank you for creating this content and providing clarity and simplicity, to an otherwise complex traumatic response. We don’t need a in-depth terror story on the intricacies of freeze mode or chronic freeze mode🤣 but rather some simplicity and productivity to get us out of it! Loool

I would like to tell you something important. You see, I have CFS and CPTSD, etc. I have done almost everything. Recently, a very expensive course to regulate the nervous system with Somatic and Feldenkrais, all from the body, and very interesting, and very serious, but I have only been affected by trauma no matter how much titration I do. I made a lot of economic sacrifices to do it. I invested all my hopes. And I had completely lost hope, I felt completely defeated. It has been awful. And suddenly I found you. The first video I saw on your channel, I cried. And it was because I had regained some hope. I wish that many of you who are working on these things would join forces and knowledge together because each one takes care of a part and we patients of chronic illnesses need a whole because our cases do not adhere to a single solution in so many cases. I have already seen your courses and I hope to be able to take them. Thanks for all this help in the meantime. Thanks from my heart. 💗

I think my adhd really compounds the freeze response As I get overwhelmed by simple things like organizing

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Tai Chi helps me reset… it’s focused on circular continuous slow movements accompanied by breathing. I kept telling master that I think these movements help reset trauma that is stored in the nervous system. I guess that’s what you are saying now… I wish everyone would take tai chi

Thanks for the tip on the "tactical breathing" I never liked the "breathe, hold, exhale" it never really seemed to work for me.

We can extend the number of F words from "fight, flight and freeze" to "fawn", meaning to act submissively to others, and "float", meaning to drift along taking no responsibility for your situation. An alternative approach could be to "go figure", meaning to work with your therapist and think through your responses until you have an approach that feels right to you.

I really appreciate the practical techniques you've shared and how clearly you present them. I'm a trauma informed therapist who uses painting and writing as a tool for healing and well being. It's what helped me regulate myself as a child, and then I went on to share it with my patients when I worked in psych hospitals. It's been my life's work to help people discover how soothing and uplifting it is to create.

It's about creating safety in the nervous system.

Just dumping some thoughts here. I feel like the freeze response has come more into the spotlight on the last decade or so and it wasn't really discussed or considered that much before (same with the fawn response, which I do think is different because it's inherently social and may not be on the same level as fight flight and freeze. Ibdofeel like the more I hear people talking about the freeze response and how it can become a disableing pattern in ones life, that there is a big overlap with a concept that was talked about much more in clinical psychology and therapeutic settings: the concept of "learned helplessness". I think they are intimately related, but not the same. And I believe disringuushing the both and also knowing how they relate to each other can lead to more effective way of helping someone or helping yourself. I just find it fascinating, that in three years of advanced biology class in school, where we learned about the functioning of the symathetic bervous system aswell as a complete cpurse of bachelors and masters degree in psychology at university, the freeze response never was mentioned once, even though it it there in plain sight.

I suffer from chronic constant dizziness and these are things I can do in the midst of it.

Thank you for helping understand whats going on with me ❤it's not just PTSD

As a full time caregiver for my husband, my days are chopped into so many pieces that I am now in “flip flops in the toaster”, milk in the closet”, “car keys in the fridge” mode. It’s bad. The good news is that I will be able to hire a housekeeper soon and respite care will restart so I can get away from home and be carefree for a while. Now I will listen to this video and see what’s what.

Great advice . . . .Love the concept of the brain latching on to newly recognized patterns that is initiated in order to change your normal, problematic, unhealthy behavior. 👍

great tips 👌 As I recall, Mark Divine (of Seal Fit) teaches box breathing as a regular practice so you're calmer in general and tactical breathing for use in combat (1:2 inhale to exhale) to control the heightened stress.

I love the circular movement tip its exactly what i struggle with feeling like i can't move forward

Love the circular movement idea. I trace ovals or almon shaped eyes 👀 on the wall with my finger. I inhaled on top of ovsl , exhale on bottom

Can you elaborate on the big swings between going into a freeze and then fight flight back-and-forth. As you try to move out of one and your system flings into the other, do you have a video on that?