When we live in a prolonged state of fear and uncertainty, or in the case or recent global events, one crisis after another, we move into a state that closely resembles what is commonly referred to as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. But is it really a disorder; or would it be more accurately described as…
We’ve all heard of the fight or flight response, a state where your body prepares for threat by releasing hormones to physiologically and psychologically deal with an imminent threat, or run away from it. But there is a third, often overlooked response called freeze, where you realize your best option is to become immobilized, either…