Freedom From Body Memory Quotes

“Pharmaceutical and recreational drugs. Commonly prescribed antidepressants, muscle relaxants, pain killers and anti-anxiety and anti-inflammatory drugs can deaden the body’s ability to communicate with itself. Recreational drugs such as alcohol and marijuana have a similar effect. In addition to medicinal effects, these drugs and others provide a chemical means to avoid and inhibit feelings, sensation”
― Jonathan Tripodi, Freedom From Body Memory: Awaken the Courage to Let Go of the Past

“That means, the longer you remain in the freeze response, the more easily overwhelmed you become each time a stressful situation occurs. Over time, the body begins to startle and freeze as a conditioned reflex to even the smallest stressors : a loud noise, a traffic jam or an unexpected change at work. It then becomes so increasingly hard to relax that, eventually, the body can no longer adapt to stress, causing physical and emotional symptoms to develop.”
― Jonathan Tripodi, Freedom From Body Memory: Awaken the Courage to Let Go of the Past

“freeze response is activated, which causes your body to suppress the negative impact of the experience. In essence, if you feel helpless to change a threatening, painful, or stressful experience, the freeze response will cause your body to bury any intense, negative sensations, thoughts and emotions that are arising, keeping them hidden from your conscious view.”
― Jonathan Tripodi, Freedom From Body Memory: Awaken the Courage to Let Go of the Past