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Feeling worse as you start to heal is often the activation that was held under a functional freeze finally surfacing. Dr. Aimie explains how to ride each wave all the way through, how the body finishes a trauma response, and why the calm does not last yet.
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You push yourself through every day, and the push never gets easier.
What will surprise you is that the way out of functional freeze starts smaller than you think, and that safety itself can feel scary at first.
You push through every day, and an exhaustion stays underneath.
What will surprise you is that the fear of the freeze is often what keeps you in it, and that the way out starts with letting the body move through it.
You can feel lonely and still not want to be around anyone.
What will surprise you is that inflammation itself can create a feeling of disconnection, and loneliness feeds that inflammation back.
A hard start in life can still be shaping your gut decades later.
What will surprise you is that your gut microbes can sense when you are stressed, and they change how they treat your gut wall.