"Have you ever frozen up in the face of what should otherwise be a nonthreatening situation?"
That is one way to define the trauma response of freeze.
In the first section of this podcast episode, Dr. Aimie Apigian, MD comments "when we bring in the right kinds of support, the right kinds of energy, I have seen the time needed for the freeze response to become less.
"And yet every person, every body, every nervous system, seems to have its own rough time schedule for the freeze response..."
This is an excerpt from her video "What To Do When You Are In The Freeze" on her YouTube channel.
Dr. Aimie Apigian, MD, MS, MPH, is an author, speaker and founder of Trauma Healing Accelerated. Learn about Dr Apigian's program the Foundational Journey “for addressing stored trauma in the body.”
She is a speaker at the ongoing Trauma Super Conference - featuring 60+ experts on the "impacts trauma can have and how to gain optimal health."
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In the second section, Dr. Jeffrey Rutstein, PsyD, a clinical psychologist and expert in the treatment of trauma, talks about freeze as one of five defensive states in response to trauma.
This is an excerpt from his video 3 on freeze from a Sounds True free series. The description on the registration page asks:
"Have you ever frozen up in the face of what should otherwise be a nonthreatening situation? It can be confusing to say the least.
“Video #3 addresses what we can do to begin the path to self-regulation."
Register free for "Take Back Your Nervous System with Dr. Jeffrey Rutstein" - A 5-Video Series with "Practical ways to calm yourself and others throughout each of our five defensive states."
Also on that page you can learn more about his new Healing Trauma Program, with 12 other trauma experts.
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See video version of this episode, plus transcript, in the Podcast Section on my Newsletter site.
Listen to episodes and see transcripts and resources in the Podcast section of The Creative Mind Newsletter and Podcast site.
"Have you ever frozen up in the face of what should otherwise be a nonthreatening situation?"
That is one way to define the trauma response of freeze.
In the first section of this podcast episode, Dr. Aimie Apigian, MD comments "when we bring in the right kinds of support, the right kinds of energy, I have seen the time needed for the freeze response to become less.
"And yet every person, every body, every nervous system, seems to have its own rough time schedule for the freeze response..."
This is an excerpt from her video "What To Do When You Are In The Freeze" on her YouTube channel.
Dr. Aimie Apigian, MD, MS, MPH, is an author, speaker and founder of Trauma Healing Accelerated. Learn about Dr Apigian's program the Foundational Journey “for addressing stored trauma in the body.”
She is a speaker at the ongoing Trauma Super Conference - featuring 60+ experts on the "impacts trauma can have and how to gain optimal health."
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In the second section, Dr. Jeffrey Rutstein, PsyD, a clinical psychologist and expert in the treatment of trauma, talks about freeze as one of five defensive states in response to trauma.
This is an excerpt from his video 3 on freeze from a Sounds True free series. The description on the registration page asks:
"Have you ever frozen up in the face of what should otherwise be a nonthreatening situation? It can be confusing to say the least.
“Video #3 addresses what we can do to begin the path to self-regulation."
Register free for "Take Back Your Nervous System with Dr. Jeffrey Rutstein" - A 5-Video Series with "Practical ways to calm yourself and others throughout each of our five defensive states."
Also on that page you can learn more about his new Healing Trauma Program, with 12 other trauma experts.
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See video version of this episode, plus transcript, in the Podcast Section on my Newsletter site.
Listen to episodes and see transcripts and resources in the Podcast section of The Creative Mind Newsletter and Podcast site.