Functional Freeze and Why You Feel Stuck Even When You’re Functioning
About this episode
This episode explores the concept of functional freeze and its implications on mental health and personal functioning.
You’re functioning. You may even be the person everyone relies on. But inside, you feel stuck, distant, or like you aren’t fully there for your own life. In this episode, I'm answering a listener’s question: Is functional freeze actually real, or is it something the internet picked up and oversimplified? We explore what trauma clinicians mean by functional freeze, why it isn’t a formal diagnosis, and how mixed patterns of activation and shutdown can make you look capable while everything insi...
People in this episode
Host: Sarah Herstich
Topics covered
- functional freeze
- trauma
- mental health
- emotional regulation
- self-awareness
Keywords
- functional freeze
- trauma clinicians
- mental health
- activation and shutdown
- feeling stuck
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