112 - HEALING - Ask An Expert: Are you depressed or is your nervous system in freeze mode?

Are you tired, lethargic, exhausted and depressed, or is your nervous system really saying *no*? Did you know your nervous system can shut down when it comes into contact with ‘too much, too fast, or too soon’ or ‘too little, for not long enough’?This week, join Louise as she asks Sarah Murphy, biology of trauma and nervous system expert - what is *really* going on when the body says no? Louise and Sarah discuss:

What is freeze mode 

How it’s connected to fight or flight but isn’t the same

An overview of polyvagal theory (and where freeze mode fits into this)

Signs / symptoms of freeze mode

Causes of freeze mode (including trauma response, learned habits, childhood attachment, learned helpless, emotional invalidation, silence, stress and overwhelm)

If it's possible to cycle between freeze and flight or flight

The biological drain of freeze mode

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