The freeze response is one of the natural responses to trauma and overload of fear from an abusive or invalidating parent. It could also be called a shut down trauma state. In this state we do not have access to our true emotions and a fear of chronic danger results. The freeze state compromises our body, blocks self expression and can cause a host of myriad physical difficulties as well as chronic pain, outlined in this video. We become stuck in a freeze state in childhood when we cannot be perfect enough or please the parent, the response is to collapse or freeze or become the ‘good child’, keep quiet and be insular so as not to get into trouble. Loss of capacity spunk vitality life force etc results. Further effects are to be found in the video below which shows how we can find ways to feel ‘safe’ enough to begin to release and understand the bank up of terror and other feelings that lie buried inside.
Emerging From The Dark Night 