Thank you for sharing your experience!! And NO WONDER you're feeling overwhelmed - sometimes we truly don't realize everything that we are trying to hold space for at the same time! The paralysis/freeze you are describing really reminded me of the dorsal vagal survival state in our nervous system that is described by polyvagal theory. It can definitely feel tricky to break ourselves out of that but I'm glad that you are starting to find things that work for you :)
Thank you so much for taking the time to read and comment, Shanen! Do you have any resources on the dorsal vagal survival state by any chance? I'll definitely google polyvagal theory and see what I can come up with too. Thanks again. :)
Actually yes, I highly recommend the book Polyvagal Practices by Deb Dana!! A great overview of polyvagal theory and our different nervous system states and some great activities and practices as well! I'm also planning on writing some posts on it, so if you ever see them I hope you find them helpful 😊
Thank you for sharing your experience!! And NO WONDER you're feeling overwhelmed - sometimes we truly don't realize everything that we are trying to hold space for at the same time! The paralysis/freeze you are describing really reminded me of the dorsal vagal survival state in our nervous system that is described by polyvagal theory. It can definitely feel tricky to break ourselves out of that but I'm glad that you are starting to find things that work for you :)
Thank you so much for taking the time to read and comment, Shanen! Do you have any resources on the dorsal vagal survival state by any chance? I'll definitely google polyvagal theory and see what I can come up with too. Thanks again. :)
Actually yes, I highly recommend the book Polyvagal Practices by Deb Dana!! A great overview of polyvagal theory and our different nervous system states and some great activities and practices as well! I'm also planning on writing some posts on it, so if you ever see them I hope you find them helpful 😊