Freeze: The many faces of overwhelm

In the world of stress management and trauma informed care, we spend a lot of time talking about fight or flight. That’s typically what people think of when they think “stress”. Fight or flight is also known as sympathetic nervous system activation. Some people also call it arousal. Really it’s anything that gets you up and moving or activates you to take action in some way. That could be action to move toward something or away from something. It covers any action you take from getting ...