Functional freeze is when someone goes into autopilot as a response to chronic stress and trauma. Unlike other trauma responses, someone in functional freeze can appear completely normal to the ...

Janet Bayramyan, LCSW, is a psychotherapist and owner of Road to Wellness. She has more than eight years of experience as a trauma therapist and is licensed in California, Florida, South Carolina, ...

11 Subtle Signs You're Stuck in a 'Functional Freeze,' Psychologists Reveal originally appeared on Parade. Spend enough time in self-help spaces—by following therapists online or devouring books in ...

You’re crushing work deadlines and leading Zoom meetings with ease, but when it comes time to decide on dinner, you freeze. Or maybe you can easily make it through a jam-packed work trip, but as soon ...

Yes, our bodies react in all kinds of ways to all kinds of stressors, one of which is to "freeze," i.e., shut down physically, mentally and emotionally. This might make sense in the case of a ...

Do you ever feel like you’ve been put on pause? A therapist’s explanation of stress resonated with TikTok users after a patient shared their wise words in a recent post on the app. “My therapist told ...