Strategies to Calm the Nervous System During a Freeze Response

[@WorkNprogress1]

freeze is addressed starting around 2:38; beginning of video is addressing hyper-activation/ fight/flight

[@bettywilleford6848]

Would like to hear more teaching from her

[@vinodchebbi7946]

What you notice is not the technique, but she delivers with kindness and compassion. I am thinking of using in couples therapy. However, is not agitation a response of fight than freeze?

[@chickennugget6233]

Idk why but her tone of voice makes me want to cry. Normally people who try to speak in a soothing voice make me feel even more tense and I see them as more untrustworthy. Like they are trying to do something. Makes sense given my experiences. But now I am curious why her voice specifically, what about it, is actually comforting. I don't know 🤔

[@alexandrugheorghe5610]

Yes, I experienced betrayal from those closest to me so it makes sense why one would register someone sympathetic as dangerous. 😖

[@humanemaths]

All NICABM therapists are like that. Listen to Pat and Deb Dana. Listening to them is so comforting.

[@RachelE.Goodman]

More from her please!

[@Be1More]

great.... would like to hear more also.... helpful, very

[@helenwarren5217]

I lrearned to anchor and ground myself doing my anxiety attacks.

[@chinookvalley]

I freeze, but it seems like I am on auto-pilot. I am doing things, but feel frozen. It makes no sense. But I think it's a survival mechanism, so as not to be noticed.

[@keylinlarson108]

It makes sense

[@chenqian]

So good!

[@fifiearthwanderer]

Great video and useful tools. 💯🙏🏼

[@deelot1]

Meditation, breath work, nutrition and a spiritual spiritual practice as well as therapy all help with this too

[@summer7529]

Nutrition? Vegetarian diet u mean?

[@whoami1654]

Spiritual practice?

[@deloresgillard3942]

What if u don't know or have a clue as to why u get anxious?

[@patrickkehoe1940]

Can anyone tell me if this feels like temporary paralyzed while standing walking this recently started happening me and I'm terrified it only happened over last week

[@Elya08]

Can be. When I have a Freeze response, I can literally physically freeze in place.

[@fmtonostonos1425]

Very good.

[@patrickmccarthy5240]

if you can press your feet INTO the floor, there is something WRONG with your floor

[@sunnygirl9691]

I don’t like this bypass. It feels invalidating. It would feel better to talk about the response and need for the response.

[@lauriegenie]

Same! I'm surprised that this type of approach help some people. Totally agree about feeling invalidating. It definitely makes things worse for me rather than better, and I find it confusing/weird/random/annoying. [hugs to you]

[@philipholding]

Sorry. I am a retired NHS high intensity therapist who specialised in PTSD, and I can not understand what she is talking about.

[@pattyfluegel7816]

I only watched the first 25 seconds because that does not sound like a freeze response. That sounds like an SNS flight or fight response.

[@pattyfluegel7816]

(oh ok, its a bit later)

[@philholding6905]

@@pattyfluegel7816 Yes, I think the Psychologist is getting confused between the freeze response and tonic/collapse immobility. The dissociation bit is also ambiguous. Does not sound like the thesis on dissociation that I did for my MSc.

[@sunnygirl9691]

Yeah I don’t agree with this approach. It’s very invalidating.

[@Continental123-i2n]

Watch the whole thing---- It's definitely a Freeze response she's describing

[@foxy_poetry]

Yes. My thoughts exactly. That's not freeze.