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.

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"

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

Patricia | Radical Somatic Therapist ✊🏾 on Instagram: "Gentle Tips for Coming out of Functional Freeze: 1. Practicing self-compassion 2.Learning that this is your body ways of protecting itself in response to stress and trauma. Instead of blaming yourself for “things you didn’t do” meet that frozen part with compassion and curiosity. Thank it for protecting you and allow yourself to embody the compassion. 3.Practicing Visualization 4.There are so many ways to visualize or think of…

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…

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…

Not all stress is bad. Stress can motivate you to meet challenges and grow — but only when your nervous system has time to regulate in between. When stress becomes chronic and your system doesn’t get a chance to recover, it overwhelms your nervous system and pushes you into Functional Freeze. This kind of stress doesn’t always look dramatic. It’s subtle, hidden, and builds up over time, keeping you stuck. It might show up as: ▫️Avoiding decisions because everything feels overwhelming…

And how to unfreeze yourself.