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Understanding Functional Freeze: Signs, Causes, and How to Heal
Trauma & Healing Alyssa Kushner, LCSW 4/19/25 Trauma & Healing Alyssa Kushner, LCSW 4/19/25

Understanding Functional Freeze: Signs, Causes, and How to Heal

Feeling stuck, numb, or disconnected even while "functioning"? You might be experiencing functional freeze - a survival response to chronic stress and trauma. Learn what functional freeze is, signs to look for, and how to start healing.

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If you grew up in an environment where love felt conditional - where you had to perform, achieve, or take care of others to feel wanted - your nervous system learned a very specific lesson:⁣
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Your value is in what you do. Not who you are.⁣
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So you
I don’t know what I need” is one of the most common things I hear from my clients. ⁣
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It’s not that you don’t actually have needs btw. It’s that you’ve spent so long making sure everyone else’s needs were me
You’ve said “I’m fine” so many times it stopped feeling like a lie and started feeling like the truth.⁣
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But here’s what I know as a therapist: “fine” is often the word we use when we don’t feel safe e

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