Have you ever felt overwhelmed to the point of shutting down?
This video is an excerpt from my full podcast episode titled "Understanding the Trauma Connection Between Attachment, Autoimmunity, and Fatigue To Find Our Way Out" which uncovers the Freeze response and how our nervous system dictates how we handle stress.
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Here’s what you’ll learn in the full podcast episode:
The specific branch of our nervous system that determines our freeze response
How the freeze response can be likened to a bird landing on a branch
The triggers for our freeze response
How our own biology can be a reason for easily going into a freeze response
How the polyvagal theory helps us understand our response to threats
How to recognize when you're experiencing a freeze response
How this response is related to early life and attachment
The relationship between attachment, autoimmunity and fatigue
Click here to listen to the full podcast: biologyoftraum...
Helpful links:
Guides
Essential Sequence Guide - A guide where you can get a handle on the physiology and the difference between stresses. With this, you can understand my essential sequence to addressing stored trauma in the body. drive.google.c...
Additional Podcasts
Recognizing and Overcoming the Freeze Response with Irene Lyon: part 1 & part 2 - As an additional episode for you to review for further information on these cycles!
Part 1: biologyoftraum...
Part 2: biologyoftraum...
What Professionals Need to Know About the Chronic Freeze Response with Dr. Peter Levine - As an additional resource for you on how to implement somatic exercises to better manage these different responses. biologyoftraum...
Educational Resources
What It Feels Like To Be In the Freeze Survival Response - Hope For Repair and Rewiring - This is a video of me explaining my own experience through this cycle. This way you can see which specific elements you recognize. Then you can become the expert in your own nervous system and freeze response. • What It Feels Like To ...
Supplements
Cellular Energy Support - We need to help our cells come out of a chronic freeze response. They need both safety and energy to do this. By focusing on cellular energy support, we are addressing all aspects of how trauma has affected us. This helps us shift to safety, energy, and health. www.traumaheal...