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
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
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.
Agree. When I feel overwhelmed by unmanageable stress, I go to bed until it passes. I only feel safe in my bed, no couch. I have an ensuite master bathroom, so I only leave to go to the refrigerator for a drink.
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. 💗
Keep investing in yourself, no matter what, most will be crap but you have to work through them to find the good stuff that "clicks" best of luck (luck is bs though) best of effort on self improvement
My story seems to be your story too. I literally just fell across this video now. I too have done it all, pharma, everything. Hope is what is needed through CPTSD/chronic trauma etc. I also use TRE (free from UA-cam-invented 35 yrs ago by Dr. Bercelli) if you can lay down and just shake your body, you can do this. No more reliving the past either. If military bodies worldwide use it, it works. Here's a link to help (ua-cam.com/video/Wr2XFrinOlo/v-deo.html&ab_channel=DavidBerceli). I've suffered enough I just want to share useful options. Btw, I gain nothing from sharing TRE..I just wish for sufferers to get better.
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.
The overwhelm and also trauma freeze are true for me with ADHD. Something really important that I've found for me is to reset the expectation. I'm not getting up and unfrozen to do laundry, cook, even shower. I'm getting up to get up.That's it. That's the priority. Not doing what everyone else thinks I should be doing. Not what I've been pummeled into believing I have to do to be a worthy human. Imagine if epileptic people had a method to stay conscious and escape a seizure. Or if a person in a coma could sense they were trapped and step-by-step, wake themselves up. What kind of lunatic would say, "remember, you're coming out of the seizure or the coma specifically so you can be useful to everyone else?" Nobody. They'd be rooting wholeheartedly for that person to wake up and reclaim their body. They'd talk about that person getting back active in a gentle, rehabilitative way and talk about usefulness, paying rent and vacuuming the carpet later, because health is the priority. I know freezing isn't in near the same category of badness as a seizure or coma, but compare the compassionate reactions people would have for someone trying to choose and will their way out of those neurological problems to the absolute less-than-zero understanding and blatant hostility we neurodivergents are served up hot and fresh every day (often by people who swear they love us.) About 6 months ago, I decided that it no longer mattered if the entire world judges me in the negative. If they don't live with this problem, they have no business commenting on it, and I deserve to fight to get up _just to be okay in my body_. Not for them. Not to meet the standards that my culture insists I can't like myself until I meet. This is my one body. The only lifetime I know for sure I have. I get up for _me_ now. It makes it so much easier to pull myself out of the pit this way. 7:53
@@weaviejeebies Thank you, dear one! I so hear you and am in the same "boat". Some days are just so very hard when we forget and treat ourselves the way the outside world treats us normally. Althoug I do know about the link between freezing as often as I do due to adhd I still try to cover it up or apologize for it or condemn myself, especially while driving a car and realizing how much more difficult it is for me than for neurotypicals. -ugh.
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. 👍
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.
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 was thinking the exact same. Even more so this past year or two! I feel like just a couple years ago I'd search it up and there were only a handful of videos.
i like the idea of tracing shapes. I just did that with my finger on my desk, right in the middle of a stuck/anxiety phase that's been lingering for the last hour and I will admit that this exercise gave me the best outcome after the breathing in/out. I did it slowly and watched my finger move in oval shapes. It really helps! Thank you so much, now I have a new tool to use :)
Excellent video, really great tips that I look forward to trying. So reassuring to know that it's normal to feel frozen like that...I thought it was just me! xoxoxo
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.
Your voice sounds so soothing and comforting, I just felt better listening to you, first time not even paying attention to what you were saying, because I was so impressed by the compassionate tone. It felt like a sonic massage 😊😊😊
yes, also should be taught to lawyers and judges, divorcing a narcissist after 20 years has been really tough because most ppl don't see the signs, shoot I didn't see them in myself untill health professionals pointed them out. I just thought something was wrong with me personally just like I had been repetitively told all these years, when in reality it was my body's response to trauma
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?
This is a great question and we can certainly film a video on it in the future! These big swings are absolutely normal as your brain tries to find its baseline. Just like with a pendulum, it must swing to both extremes in order to settle in the middle. Be gentle with yourself. You got this!
I went into freeze mode it's like being cornered like you are the fox by a pack of hound's out to get you. You feel that you can't get out of it you avoid people and situations do nothing people say she's done absolutely nothing and judge you it was at the most difficult time of my life i ended up with phychois because of the feeling of being judged by so many people
Thank you Great videos Great channel Could you please make a video how to stop lightheadedness and feeling off balance anxiety I have anxiety dizzy spells and they come from nowhere anywhere and I go into full panic where it gets into a loop Get more and more dizzy And nothing but me sitting or laying down not moving because I can't I have to be still and take Klonopin wait and maybe after an hour it gets better but my body by then is so disregulated and shot that I pass out and sleep for over 12 hours. Thank you ❤I would be so so greatful if there was a better way to regulate those dizzy spells I have had this over 20 years and been on meds this long and it's not shifting I am also listening to Irene Lyon about somatic experiencing and it I do not know yet if it helps it's been two weeks of listening to her Thank you again. Please give me hope if possible Thank you ❤
Thank u so much for these video's ❤️ love the calm relaxing background music in this video too 👌 just wondering if the tatical breathing is ok to breathe out thru the mouth? Or is it best out thru nose? Also, is doing some qi gong fluid type movements also a option or good way to move out of freeze? Thankyou 😊😊😃
What if I’m in chronic freeze, not just periodically going in and out of freeze. Breathing, Movement dont touch me internally, they don’t go deep. It doesn’t touch the nervous system or trauma. What to do?
Repetition is very valuable in brain retraining, so doing these exercises consistently (even a couple times a week can help) over a period of time can begin to help you "thaw." Secondly, it will take time. Try not to rush the process and be compassionate with yourself as you slowly come out of chronic freeze.
This may or may not be of help. I can only share my life experience. None of this worked for me either. I was raised in mind blowing, inhumane, animalistic terror. When people hear my story they drop their jaws in disbelief. Who could survive this? I have spent most of my life dissociated and numb from the neck down. The first thing you have to have is basic safety.Do you have enough income for food, clothing, shelter, health insurance, a car, emergencies, etc. The number one thing your brain wants to do is keep you safe. Until survival needs are assured and you can relax on this issue your brain won't let you move on to other things. My basic survival needs as an adult were never assured. I had no committed support, and I always had to scramble and live by my wits. With two revenue streams coming in by a miracle I can now drop in exhaustion and begin the repair process.Also underneath the freeze is unspeakable grief and rage. You don't dare come out of freeze until you have enough safety (and your survival needs met) to have the time to cry rivers and process the anger. There has to be a safe and gentle place to fall apart for a while (and you don't have to keep functioning because there are bills to pay and the bills don't stop).
Thank you for your video and help you offer, but a little bit of feedback from my side. Can you make the video's without all the 'jumps', it stresses me out and actually activates my stress respons in the body. And I imagine I'm not the only one. Keep up your good work!!
I go into freeze mode in stressful situations and when getting shouted at or sensing danger ⚠️ in these moments I would love to get into fight or flight mode rather to be able to stand up for myself and be able to reply or leave. Do you have any tips how to do that? Because breathing and walking is not something you can do in the moment.
Fight/Flight/Freeze are automatic responses but with proactive practice of nervous system regulation techniques, you should find yourself being able to more effectively manage the perceived danger or stress, and thus being able to choose how you would like to respond to the stressful situations. Hope that helps!
Join a full contact combat gym, it's a big and scary step but you won't regret it. Look up "stress inoculation" its how you build stress tolerance slowly to the point you don't find things like being shouted at or having to stand up for yourself, even if it means to fight.
For other people affected negatively by the background music Sometimes it helps me to increase the Play back speed and then just kind of muscle through it It would be better if it wasn't in the background though.
I would like to know if besides having long COVID symptoms i also more physical health and those are causing me o lot mental problems too. I have adrenal fatigue syndrome, peripheral neuropathy with having me in a constant pain, also suffering from chronic dehydration, anxiety and chronic insomnia .besides the 24/7 pain. All this is new because through out my life I have a lot of health issues and was able to work on me with a lot of help to feel better. This is new for older, alone, vey sick and have to find by myself how to help me. Do you think you can help ? My physical body needs to,be ah usted my balance is out of balance and a lot pain has to do with that
Love your work so much! Thank you for always sharing such helpful tools! 🙏🌺 However, please consider using a different example instead of the Navy Seals. The American Military has commited war crime after war crime all over the world.
Of course we are stuck, Brain need nutrition, suplemants, we cant retrain something that doesnt work properly, it is conected with hormones, nutrition, minerals, aminoacid..like we cant train broken leg!❤🎉
Everything makes sense, and I am working with a therapist, but I would like to put out there some things to understand more, hear from some guys here: 1. Just listening to all the steps here to get rid of the freeze response here in this video, sent me into one. I started yawning and staring and didn't take in much information and had to rewind and listen again. Why? Am I just way overwhelmed already to 'stack' even more on top? 2. My 'regular' to do list is so long, stuff I need to do on a daily or weekly basis', washing, dog-walking, exercise, make dinner, dishes, etc, that I froze up just with those already and don't even get to me large task list of once-offs. How do I handle this? 3. Doing movement help in the moment, but when sit down to work again, hoping not to freeze, just thinking oi this same-old work tasks, makes me freeze immediately again. I am in perpetual freeze and the only way get anything done is to put myself into a panic (by waiting to do my work tasks until the last minute, for instance). But this is so taxing on my life, it's not a good way to live.
How can i reprogramm my brain to breath deeply all the time? Like when I write this comment i go into freezing mode. For a few weeks i force myself to breath deeply ( 3s in 6s out). But when i don't concentrater on it i often realize I'm beck to flat breating. Can Anybody help?
Repetition and intention will be your best friend! Keep doing what you have been doing, but also actively practice in situations that might trigger your freeze response- we practice exactly this in the re-origin program to help you slowly recondition your response to stressful situations so you can breathe through them!
@@Avialle80 part of yogic practice is breath work in sync with the movements. Soon you realise you automatically do the breathing in sinc. I feel this would benefit you. Look up Yoga with Adrienne on UA-cam, free videos, and she will guide you. Much love ❤
Wait. When I am in freeze mode, I don't know it until I come out. I am just not aware. I know something has happened but what/why. So how can I do these movements under this circumstance?? Hasn't happened in a long time. Seems to happen when I suddenly become aware that someone is looking/watching me. . And then I come out of it. I am not aware of what is happening during this freeze mode.I have often wanted to ask the "looking" person what he observed. Lasts very short time. Why sometimes and not others?
The freeze response is an automatic, subconscious reaction to perceived threats. This is often triggered by sudden stress ie, feeling scrutinized. During it, you may be unaware of what’s happening until you come out of it. The response varies based on your stress levels, past experiences, and current emotional state, which is why it happens sometimes and not others. We have more information on our website. www.re-origin.com/articles/nervous-system-stuck-in-fight-or-flight
If the freeze response is normal, why have I not seen it in other people? I have had 57 years to witness it. I am the only person I know of that experiences this.
Hi David- Freeze response can often be masked more easily than fight or flight because it is more of an "internal" looking response to stress. Many people also have something called "functional freeze" where they can get things done throughout the day, but then struggle to do small things at home like the dishes or laundry. It is very common and it looks different on everyone. You are surely not alone!
We have lots of exercises and techniques to help with this in our program, we also have more free resources on our blog page that may be useful for you too www.re-origin.com/blog
It's not okay because the rest of the world doesn't understand this reaction. It's impossible to explain to someone without knowledge that this is real. Don't be ridiculous why are you so stressed by this, just get over it - is the response. More freeze mode.
Yes, we agree there isn't enough awareness on this topic! But luckily we can remember that although we cannot control what other people say or think, we can learn what our own nervous system needs and the tools to regulate it. We hope this video helped 💙
I'm in a permanent freeze mode and I can't push myself out and it's been so long that I'm losing my ability to stand and do things and it's making me so f*cking miserable. I lost my job and everything(I have other health issues which is why I lost my job). Life is complete sh*t.
OH ok so the way to get out of freeze is to move…duh!!!!!! I”ve done all the suggested and the facts are we also need help with resources because the lack of resources is a REALITY!
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
i’ve tried tai chi a few times and i think you’re total right
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
100% agree
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I agree. It feels defeating to watch some of these "therapy" videos make you feel angry and defeated.
Who could you be referring to? 😀😀
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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.
Hey how are you feeling rn? What methods did you try before or currently trying to cope with this?
Hope you find healing & peace soon
Agree. When I feel overwhelmed by unmanageable stress, I go to bed until it passes. I only feel safe in my bed, no couch. I have an ensuite master bathroom, so I only leave to go to the refrigerator for a drink.
You've got to believe it's possible, to convince yourself you can. If you go at it thinking it's impossible, you'll stop yourself at the door.
What a sweet comment.
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 assume you mean the Irene Lyon course? If so, how long did you do the work for? And you're saying it didn't improve the CFS at all?
@@lc20735 I really admire Irene, so I won't comment on that here. Sorry.
Keep investing in yourself, no matter what, most will be crap but you have to work through them to find the good stuff that "clicks" best of luck (luck is bs though) best of effort on self improvement
My story seems to be your story too. I literally just fell across this video now. I too have done it all, pharma, everything. Hope is what is needed through CPTSD/chronic trauma etc. I also use TRE (free from UA-cam-invented 35 yrs ago by Dr. Bercelli) if you can lay down and just shake your body, you can do this. No more reliving the past either. If military bodies worldwide use it, it works. Here's a link to help (ua-cam.com/video/Wr2XFrinOlo/v-deo.html&ab_channel=DavidBerceli). I've suffered enough I just want to share useful options. Btw, I gain nothing from sharing TRE..I just wish for sufferers to get better.
Try Optimum Health Clinic in London. It worked for me!
Summary 5:30 😊
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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.
I have noticed this too. I thought I was forgetting to breathe every so often!
I think my adhd really compounds the freeze response
As I get overwhelmed by simple things like organizing
Me too, Austism as well for me. I wonder if this advice applies to us with neurodivergents.
The overwhelm and also trauma freeze are true for me with ADHD. Something really important that I've found for me is to reset the expectation. I'm not getting up and unfrozen to do laundry, cook, even shower. I'm getting up to get up.That's it. That's the priority. Not doing what everyone else thinks I should be doing. Not what I've been pummeled into believing I have to do to be a worthy human. Imagine if epileptic people had a method to stay conscious and escape a seizure. Or if a person in a coma could sense they were trapped and step-by-step, wake themselves up. What kind of lunatic would say, "remember, you're coming out of the seizure or the coma specifically so you can be useful to everyone else?" Nobody. They'd be rooting wholeheartedly for that person to wake up and reclaim their body. They'd talk about that person getting back active in a gentle, rehabilitative way and talk about usefulness, paying rent and vacuuming the carpet later, because health is the priority. I know freezing isn't in near the same category of badness as a seizure or coma, but compare the compassionate reactions people would have for someone trying to choose and will their way out of those neurological problems to the absolute less-than-zero understanding and blatant hostility we neurodivergents are served up hot and fresh every day (often by people who swear they love us.) About 6 months ago, I decided that it no longer mattered if the entire world judges me in the negative. If they don't live with this problem, they have no business commenting on it, and I deserve to fight to get up _just to be okay in my body_. Not for them. Not to meet the standards that my culture insists I can't like myself until I meet. This is my one body. The only lifetime I know for sure I have. I get up for _me_ now. It makes it so much easier to pull myself out of the pit this way. 7:53
Same here
That doesn't mean its impossible to overcome the freeze response, right?
@@weaviejeebies Thank you, dear one! I so hear you and am in the same "boat". Some days are just so very hard when we forget and treat ourselves the way the outside world treats us normally. Althoug I do know about the link between freezing as often as I do due to adhd I still try to cover it up or apologize for it or condemn myself, especially while driving a car and realizing how much more difficult it is for me than for neurotypicals. -ugh.
It's about creating safety in the nervous system.
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.
I’m literally crying while watching this because i feel so desperate
Hey Sara, we are here to help. You can join our demo call and see if our program is the right fit for you here - www.re-origin.com/book-a-call
Me too
My emotions are also numb and stuck so I can't even cry but it's SO frustrating
Thanks for the tip on the "tactical breathing" I never liked the "breathe, hold, exhale" it never really seemed to work for me.
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. 👍
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.
too many labels, doesn't help
@@seth1455 You're probably right - but I still think that "float" is a useful concept.
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.
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 was thinking the exact same. Even more so this past year or two! I feel like just a couple years ago I'd search it up and there were only a handful of videos.
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
i like the idea of tracing shapes. I just did that with my finger on my desk, right in the middle of a stuck/anxiety phase that's been lingering for the last hour and I will admit that this exercise gave me the best outcome after the breathing in/out. I did it slowly and watched my finger move in oval shapes. It really helps! Thank you so much, now I have a new tool to use :)
I love the circular movement tip its exactly what i struggle with feeling like i can't move forward
I suffer from chronic constant dizziness and these are things I can do in the midst of it.
Sounds horrible❤
Thank you for helping understand whats going on with me ❤it's not just PTSD
Excellent video, really great tips that I look forward to trying. So reassuring to know that it's normal to feel frozen like that...I thought it was just me! xoxoxo
Absolutely!
Great easy to understand video. Straight to the point.
Thanks!
Thank you for all your videos Mr. Handsome I enjoy listening to what you have to say.
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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.
Glad it is helpful!
Omg it makes sense why I take shallow breaths now!
Me too!
Excellent video, in simple and concise language. Super helpful. Thank you so much :)
Excellent techniques and advice! Thank you!
Such a powerful video! Thank you for sharing! ♥️♥️♥️
Your voice sounds so soothing and comforting, I just felt better listening to you, first time not even paying attention to what you were saying, because I was so impressed by the compassionate tone. It felt like a sonic massage 😊😊😊
I'm so glad!
Thank you ☺️
Please share this with police training! Some of us aren’t drunk, druggies, and guilty! Panic freeze response is something that should be trained.
Or fight flight. I know someone who met an ill fate from cops bc of his severe flight response.
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yes, also should be taught to lawyers and judges, divorcing a narcissist after 20 years has been really tough because most ppl don't see the signs, shoot I didn't see them in myself untill health professionals pointed them out. I just thought something was wrong with me personally just like I had been repetitively told all these years, when in reality it was my body's response to trauma
The movement registers that we are safe. Not in the face of death.
You’re a life saver.
Thank you so much for this video! These are amazing tips!!!❤
Glad it was helpful!
Namaste 🙏 thankyou universe thnku sir lots of blessings love from india 🇮🇳🇮🇳
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?
This is a great question and we can certainly film a video on it in the future! These big swings are absolutely normal as your brain tries to find its baseline. Just like with a pendulum, it must swing to both extremes in order to settle in the middle. Be gentle with yourself. You got this!
It's insanity!!!
I went into freeze mode it's like being cornered like you are the fox by a pack of hound's out to get you. You feel that you can't get out of it you avoid people and situations do nothing people say she's done absolutely nothing and judge you it was at the most difficult time of my life i ended up with phychois because of the feeling of being judged by so many people
Thank you
Great videos
Great channel
Could you please make a video how to stop lightheadedness and feeling off balance anxiety
I have anxiety dizzy spells and they come from nowhere anywhere and I go into full panic where it gets into a loop
Get more and more dizzy
And nothing but me sitting or laying down not moving because I can't I have to be still and take Klonopin wait and maybe after an hour it gets better but my body by then is so disregulated and shot that I pass out and sleep for over 12 hours.
Thank you
❤I would be so so greatful if there was a better way to regulate those dizzy spells I have had this over 20 years and been on meds this long and it's not shifting
I am also listening to Irene Lyon about somatic experiencing and it I do not know yet if it helps it's been two weeks of listening to her
Thank you again.
Please give me hope if possible
Thank you
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Thank u so much for these video's ❤️ love the calm relaxing background music in this video too 👌 just wondering if the tatical breathing is ok to breathe out thru the mouth? Or is it best out thru nose?
Also, is doing some qi gong fluid type movements also a option or good way to move out of freeze? Thankyou 😊😊😃
What if I’m in chronic freeze, not just periodically going in and out of freeze. Breathing, Movement dont touch me internally, they don’t go deep. It doesn’t touch the nervous system or trauma. What to do?
Repetition is very valuable in brain retraining, so doing these exercises consistently (even a couple times a week can help) over a period of time can begin to help you "thaw." Secondly, it will take time. Try not to rush the process and be compassionate with yourself as you slowly come out of chronic freeze.
This may or may not be of help. I can only share my life experience. None of this worked for me either. I was raised in mind blowing, inhumane, animalistic terror. When people hear my story they drop their jaws in disbelief. Who could survive this? I have spent most of my life dissociated and numb from the neck down. The first thing you have to have is basic safety.Do you have enough income for food, clothing, shelter, health insurance, a car, emergencies, etc. The number one thing your brain wants to do is keep you safe. Until survival needs are assured and you can relax on this issue your brain won't let you move on to other things. My basic survival needs as an adult were never assured. I had no committed support, and I always had to scramble and live by my wits. With two revenue streams coming in by a miracle I can now drop in exhaustion and begin the repair process.Also underneath the freeze is unspeakable grief and rage. You don't dare come out of freeze until you have enough safety (and your survival needs met) to have the time to cry rivers and process the anger. There has to be a safe and gentle place to fall apart for a while (and you don't have to keep functioning because there are bills to pay and the bills don't stop).
Thanks for sharing this
You bet!
Thank you for your video and help you offer, but a little bit of feedback from my side. Can you make the video's without all the 'jumps', it stresses me out and actually activates my stress respons in the body. And I imagine I'm not the only one. Keep up your good work!!
Absolutely, thank you for the feedback!
I can never unhear the tactical breathing when i listen to Jocko Willink
pretty good help god bless
I have colpocephaly, I didn’t know I had it until last year when I had a seizure, but I think the seizure was triggered by stress.
I go into freeze mode in stressful situations and when getting shouted at or sensing danger ⚠️ in these moments I would love to get into fight or flight mode rather to be able to stand up for myself and be able to reply or leave. Do you have any tips how to do that? Because breathing and walking is not something you can do in the moment.
Fight/Flight/Freeze are automatic responses but with proactive practice of nervous system regulation techniques, you should find yourself being able to more effectively manage the perceived danger or stress, and thus being able to choose how you would like to respond to the stressful situations. Hope that helps!
Join a full contact combat gym, it's a big and scary step but you won't regret it. Look up "stress inoculation" its how you build stress tolerance slowly to the point you don't find things like being shouted at or having to stand up for yourself, even if it means to fight.
For other people affected negatively by the background music Sometimes it helps me to increase the Play back speed and then just kind of muscle through it It would be better if it wasn't in the background though.
In to ... and out of ... I dont think I have ever not been IN freeze mode.
Trust me when I tell you fight Flight is no freaking walk in the park.They both suck
I would like to know if besides having long COVID symptoms i also more physical health and those are causing me o lot mental problems too. I have adrenal fatigue syndrome, peripheral neuropathy with having me in a constant pain, also suffering from chronic dehydration, anxiety and chronic insomnia .besides the 24/7 pain. All this is new because through out my life I have a lot of health issues and was able to work on me with a lot of help to feel better. This is new for older, alone, vey sick and have to find by myself how to help me. Do you think you can help ? My physical body needs to,be ah usted my balance is out of balance and a lot pain has to do with that
Love your work so much! Thank you for always sharing such helpful tools! 🙏🌺 However, please consider using a different example instead of the Navy Seals. The American Military has commited war crime after war crime all over the world.
I appreciate your feedback!
Feeling wired but tired is that freeze of fight / flight ? Or both states in one ?
We consider it freeze mode. Where you feel stuck in your physical body but your mind is reeling.
Awesome!!!
It is helpful thanks❤
Thank you 👌
Gut function is drastically slowed or nearly stopped at stress moments
Would you say an activating breath like breath of fire could be helpful too?
Absolutely!
I’m not just frozen, I’m crushed ice
Were you ever in this place?
As soon as I get out of freeze, I'm gonna fight their asses off!😂 x
How about slow rhythmic yoga?
yes this can help too.
great video :)
Glad you liked it!
Depression and sadness in a freeze also???
Can we run instead of walking ?
Yes :)
Of course we are stuck, Brain need nutrition, suplemants, we cant retrain something that doesnt work properly, it is conected with hormones, nutrition, minerals, aminoacid..like we cant train broken leg!❤🎉
Everything makes sense, and I am working with a therapist, but I would like to put out there some things to understand more, hear from some guys here:
1. Just listening to all the steps here to get rid of the freeze response here in this video, sent me into one. I started yawning and staring and didn't take in much information and had to rewind and listen again. Why? Am I just way overwhelmed already to 'stack' even more on top?
2. My 'regular' to do list is so long, stuff I need to do on a daily or weekly basis', washing, dog-walking, exercise, make dinner, dishes, etc, that I froze up just with those already and don't even get to me large task list of once-offs. How do I handle this?
3. Doing movement help in the moment, but when sit down to work again, hoping not to freeze, just thinking oi this same-old work tasks, makes me freeze immediately again. I am in perpetual freeze and the only way get anything done is to put myself into a panic (by waiting to do my work tasks until the last minute, for instance). But this is so taxing on my life, it's not a good way to live.
thank you so much!!
How can i reprogramm my brain to breath deeply all the time? Like when I write this comment i go into freezing mode. For a few weeks i force myself to breath deeply ( 3s in 6s out). But when i don't concentrater on it i often realize I'm beck to flat breating. Can Anybody help?
Repetition and intention will be your best friend! Keep doing what you have been doing, but also actively practice in situations that might trigger your freeze response- we practice exactly this in the re-origin program to help you slowly recondition your response to stressful situations so you can breathe through them!
@@re_originThanks, I needed this answer, it gave me hope and motivation to keep trying! Have a nice day. 😊
@@Avialle80 part of yogic practice is breath work in sync with the movements. Soon you realise you automatically do the breathing in sinc. I feel this would benefit you. Look up Yoga with Adrienne on UA-cam, free videos, and she will guide you. Much love ❤
Wait. When I am in freeze mode, I don't know it until I come out. I am just not aware. I know something has happened but what/why. So how can I do these movements under this circumstance?? Hasn't happened in a long time. Seems to happen when I suddenly become aware that someone is looking/watching me. . And then I come out of it. I am not aware of what is happening during this freeze mode.I have often wanted to ask the "looking" person what he observed. Lasts very short time. Why sometimes and not others?
The freeze response is an automatic, subconscious reaction to perceived threats. This is often triggered by sudden stress ie, feeling scrutinized. During it, you may be unaware of what’s happening until you come out of it. The response varies based on your stress levels, past experiences, and current emotional state, which is why it happens sometimes and not others. We have more information on our website. www.re-origin.com/articles/nervous-system-stuck-in-fight-or-flight
Still frozen
I understand you. This is VERY persistent.
Try rocking
Don't give up ❤
If the freeze response is normal, why have I not seen it in other people? I have had 57 years to witness it. I am the only person I know of that experiences this.
Hi David- Freeze response can often be masked more easily than fight or flight because it is more of an "internal" looking response to stress. Many people also have something called "functional freeze" where they can get things done throughout the day, but then struggle to do small things at home like the dishes or laundry. It is very common and it looks different on everyone. You are surely not alone!
This sounds better that other guy made me stop breathing or I’m not breathing normally
What if you are in a meeting with others??
Hi Leigh, we have lots of techniques that can help with this in our program. Please head to our website for more information.
What if you’re stuck in 24/7 freeze.
We have lots of exercises and techniques to help with this in our program, we also have more free resources on our blog page that may be useful for you too www.re-origin.com/blog
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It's not okay because the rest of the world doesn't understand this reaction. It's impossible to explain to someone without knowledge that this is real. Don't be ridiculous why are you so stressed by this, just get over it - is the response. More freeze mode.
Yes, we agree there isn't enough awareness on this topic! But luckily we can remember that although we cannot control what other people say or think, we can learn what our own nervous system needs and the tools to regulate it. We hope this video helped 💙
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Thanks
I'm in a permanent freeze mode and I can't push myself out and it's been so long that I'm losing my ability to stand and do things and it's making me so f*cking miserable. I lost my job and everything(I have other health issues which is why I lost my job). Life is complete sh*t.
On your future videos, please do not do so much jerky zoom in in and out. It’s very annoying. Specially, for people that are trying to relax.
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OH ok so the way to get out of freeze is to move…duh!!!!!! I”ve done all the suggested and the facts are we also need help with resources because the lack of resources is a REALITY!
Paralyzed.
La mia testa e pulita io no sono meglio di tutti
Also eat Haribo,give sugar to the brain.
No. Our brains work better on ketones ❤
Helpful, thank you
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Thanks so much! Great video. 🎉 I hope your UA-cam channel gets at least 10 million subscribers this year.🪄
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