Complex PTSD Recovery: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers
282 episodes - English - Latest episode: 26 days ago - ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsPeer-review and irreverent dark humor meet relational trauma recovery, without the "enforced bright sides." Let's talk about the complicated experience of rectifying a life built on trauma and relearning to be human... more healthily than those shitheads who raised you. You aren't alone, damaged, doomed, or dead yet. But with all the grit and gumption necessary to keep growing, you might be a real MF.
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Friend Today, Enemy Tomorrow: The Biological Function of "Fragmented" Relationships
March 24, 2021 02:00 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBExpanding on fragmented personality via lessons from Janina Fisher and John Welwood (TMFR recommended authors). One of the ways we make sense of early trauma is black and white, "good or bad," thinking. Our abusers are good OR bad, but nothing in between. Unfortunately, we have the same corresponding judgements of ourselves in that moment..... and, then, everyone we meet down the road. How does "good vs bad" patterning lead to personality fragmentation, relationship terror, and disordered at...
Fragmented Relationships
March 24, 2021 02:00 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBExpanding on fragmented personality via lessons from Janina Fisher and John Welwood (TMFR recommended authors). One of the ways we make sense of early trauma is black and white, "good or bad," thinking. Our abusers are good OR bad, but nothing in between. Unfortunately, we have the same corresponding judgements of ourselves in that moment..... and, then, everyone we meet down the road. How does "good vs bad" patterning lead to personality fragmentation, relationship terror, and disordered at...
Fragmented Personality; Intro to Dissociative Identity Disorder
March 16, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 58.8 MB"Who am I and why am I like this?" Dipping a toe into dissociative personalities. What are the proposed mechanisms that lead to a "fragmented self?" Talking about losing ourselves to our trauma adaptations, survival systems, negative detail-obsession and obligations, on repeat. The fracture that takes place when your inherent personality has to be shattered into a million survival-happy pieces to get by. Share your story at t-mfrs.com! Join the new Patreon-only support community {where I'l...
Guest | Cassie; on Achieving, Education, and Employment after Childhood Trauma
March 10, 2021 12:00 - 45 minutes - 42.4 MBLast time, Cassie relayed her early experience with childhood sexual abuse and shame. Today, she's back! Talking about quiet defiance leveraged against religious and sexual trauma through educational and professional achievement, refusing to bend to social or gender norms, and doing everything her damn self. One courageous Motherfuckers shares more about her life after Complex Trauma. Want to be connective like Cassie? Hit me up at [email protected] to share your voice-re...
Core Beliefs
March 03, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBIt's the February Ask Me Anything! How do you spot core beliefs, how do you change them, and how do you know when you've cleared the cache? Time to talk about Fucked Up Core Beliefs and all the ways they shape our lives without our permission. To submit your own AMA and potentially get a custom episode catered to your question, check patreon.com/traumatizedmotherfuckers and help keep the show alive. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/complextrauma/message
Friendship Dissolutions
February 24, 2021 22:03 - 1 hour - 63.6 MBEver lose, you know, your best friends in a time of trauma responsiveness and spend years ruminating about it? Yeah, well here's what I can say about my recent return to the skwad. Reflecting on trauma-reactions without reason, how my emotional brain got things twisted, and why I'm reluctant to give up this lone wolf lifestyle, even if friends might be back on the table. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/complextrauma/message
Data-driven trauma management: Pt III (Experiments and Retrials)
February 23, 2021 12:00 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBLiving with a semblance of personal understanding, continues! We've reached the final part of this Applied Behavior Analysis and trauma recovery crossover. You know the concepts, you know how to gather data... now it's time to run your self-experiments and see how your mental health is affected. We're talking about changing you behaviors, slowing your reactions to stimuli, and solidifying consequences to finally put an end to those shitty habits you hate. And... maybe finding out that your o...
Data-driven trauma management: Pt II (Distress Tracking)
February 19, 2021 12:00 - 44 minutes - 41.6 MBReady to stop calling yourself "crazy?" In Part I we learned a bit about Applied Behavior Analysis and the application to Trauma recovery. Today, we're using that information to collect data about ourselves, and beginning to form hypotheses about our old trauma brained tricks using Antecedents, Behaviors, and Consequences. It's the "Gathering Background Data" portion of this experiment. Buckle up, we're tracking your distress levels and looking for trends in your living patterns with ABC ana...
Data-driven trauma recovery: Pt I (ABA fundamentals)
February 17, 2021 12:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBIt's time. Time to talk about Applied Behavior Analysis and trauma management. Because if you don't know why your body and brain respond to unknown stimuli in your inner and outer environments, it's pretty difficult to make a life you feel good about living. And we are master dissociators with trauma-brained programming that we've never been calm enough to understand. Here's how to change that. Looking for more help? Check t-mfrs.com to apply for the private community or read blog transcri...
CPTSD Relationship Patterns
February 11, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 65.7 MBNews: when it comes to relationships, I'm dumb! Or, still trying to fill the void left by my early experiences - one or the other. Here's a look at SOME of the ways I've made massive relationship mistakes in my past - from getting drunk on connection to rolling my emotional world into codependency to learned helplessness. Plus, so many musicians. Equally confused about how healthy relationships work? Maybe you're a Motherfucker. Join the discord community at t-mfrs.com/join. Help me... not...
Stress-illnesses and the F Word. Fibromyalgia.
February 01, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 91.1 MBExhaustion, unexplained pain, weakness, digestive failures, tension migraines, temperature sensitivity, insomnia, insulin resistance, nausea, cold and flu symptoms... Fibromyalgia. Have you ever looked into all the stress-based ailments that Fibro (FM) encompasses? Yeah, I hadn't either. Today, we're talking about Fibromyalgia and all the ways that society hates psychosomatic illness. Plus, IS FM separable from C-PTSD? Hm. Hoping to learn more about your Complex Trauma? Help keep this thing...
Guest: Cassie, on sexual abuse and overcoming shame
January 25, 2021 12:00 - 45 minutes - 42 MBTW: Sexual abuse, incest, and substance abuse. I've always invited TMFRs to radio in with their own accounts of living this trauma life... but faith in ourselves and our voices is lacking. Today, one MF finally steps up to the plate. Meet Cassie, a brilliant and ambitious PhD student who's ready to share her complex trauma experience in her own voice. Thank you again to this brave soul, who took the plunge and provided such a raw account of her life after a childhood of abuse. Listen up. ...
Moving for Mental Health
January 21, 2021 10:50 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBThe past 3 years of life have been determined by applying behavior analysis to my traumatized life and making big, frightening moves. Annnd it's time for another one - moving out of Atlanta and into my (gulp) midwestern mom's house. Talking about scarcity trauma, PTSD-based cohabitating challenges, and the ways my shitty past skews appraisal of the future.... plus, overcoming the challenges of doubting my decisions and living with my triggering mother, so that change is possible. Let's get mi...
Traumatized by Therapy
January 18, 2021 12:00 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MB"It's not helping as much as it's hurting. So... do I really need to do this?" Talking about the ways therapy helps and harms, plus, why it's so goddamn hard to find a trauma-informed mental health professional. Looking for more support resources? Check out t-mfrs.com or traumatizedmotherfuckers.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/complextrauma/message
How to "recover" from C-PTSD
January 11, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 68.8 MBYou asked. I'll share what I can. But realize: 1) whatdoIknow and 2) I use the term "recovery" lightly. Here are the steps that help a trauma life rebuild. Looking for more "recovery" help? Check out t-mfrs.com for blogs, resources, and the private support community application. Want to help keep this trauma project afloat? Check patreon.com/traumatizedmotherfuckers or the support link in the podcast bio to help this Fucker out. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/complextrau...
What IS C-PTSD; Redux
January 04, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 86.4 MBWe're doing it again! But this time... I'm not just anxiety-talking into space. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/complextrauma/message
Trailer | Welcome to season four
January 04, 2021 11:00 - 4 minutes - 4.35 MBIs this just getting ridiculous now? Ha, ha, ha, yeah. It's the era of "starting to understand what I'm doing." "....Hopefully." Want to keep this project projecting into infinite new seasons? Hit up t-mfrs.com or patreon.com/traumatizedmotherfuckers to help support MFs around the world. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/complextrauma/message
2020 Wrapup
December 31, 2020 12:00 - 2 hours - 159 MBIt's the end of the year, Fuckers. I'm looking at the changes coming for TMFRs in 2021 - surprise, new community coming at you hot - and where we've been already. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/complextrauma/message
Healing Trauma-Brain for 2021
December 28, 2020 20:55 - 56 minutes - 52.5 MBInformation is hard for a traumatized brain to process. We tend to carry unintegrated bits of data, which make living a directed life unmanageable. So start the new year on a better foot. Lay 2020 to rest with a few analytical activities to better recognize where you've been and who you want to be. You might feel avoidant of the change-oriented reflections - but, uh, isn't that how you got here in the first place? Yikes. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/complextrauma/message
Merry Fucking Christmas
December 24, 2020 11:00 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBIt's that time. Joy to the world? MF right. Have some quick reminders about how to handle the holidays. Plus, the free TMFR tee winner is revealed! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/complextrauma/message
So you're having a shit day out of nowhere
December 16, 2020 12:00 - 49 minutes - 45.8 MBWhat else needs to be said? Even after years of trauma progress, backslides happen. Mental illness pops up when you least expect it. Dark, depressing day and anxious, angry afternoons. And your response? To berate the hell out of yourself? Right. Today, we're talking about the recovery PTSD management pitfalls that WILL happen, why, and how to deal. Consider helping me out with social media shares, podcast reviews, and patreon support? Search the socials for traumatized motherfuckers and h...
Brain basis of Rumination, Depression, and PTSD
December 14, 2020 12:00 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBEver get stuck endlessly cycling through unwanted thoughts? Wonder where rumination ends and your trauma begins? Today, I'm talking about the overlap between ruminatory thought patterns, depression, and PTSD. The research says: they share a similar brain malfunction. I say: there's one underlying thought current in all my past and present rumination. Maybe recognizing it will help you, too. Want to help a Fucker out? Check out patreon.com/traumatizedmotherfuckers to keep this podcast alive....
Anxiety, music, and DIY-living with Brett Newski
December 09, 2020 12:00 - 55 minutes - 51.5 MBWhere were you in 2013? Among other things, I was at a house show where I ran into a travelling DIY musician, Brett Newski. Today, I'm reconnecting with the anxiety-inspired songwriter as we talk about bullying, COVID coping, and mental illness catharsis. Hey, even folks with social anxiety can learn to connect with strangers around the globe. Forgive the technical difficulties on this one - you know I'm running on cheapo-quipment. Wanna watch the Midwestern shitshow? It's on YouTube - jus...
Personality changes on Anxiety vs. Depression
December 07, 2020 12:00 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBEver feel like you're about 3 humans rolled into one? Maybe anxiety and depression are to blame, more than your fears of multiple personality disorder is on-point. Today, I'm talking about the vastly different influences of the high and low energy states in my life... and the life-abandoning stagnation that happens when those fuckers collide. Into the message? Find more Traumatized Motherfucker media on instagram, facebook, youtube, and beyond! Check t-mfrs.com for contact forms or to appl...
Memory Processing and Involuntary Recollections
December 02, 2020 16:12 - 38 minutes - 35.8 MBBack to the science! Ever feel like an amnesiac disaster when you can't seem to remember a single thing... or, at least, not a single thing that you want to remember? Wonder why your brain seems to have an extra long "buffering" time with new information? Guess what, there's research on that. Today, we're talking about memory processing, retrieval, and unwanted recollections. Looking to sign up for the free tee drawing? Head to t-mfrs.com/contest to enter! Want to help keep this thing chug...
Death of an Abusive Parent
November 30, 2020 12:00 - 56 minutes - 52.3 MBWe're all going to deal with it - the death of our parents. What's it like when the lost parent was the source of your early life trauma? A confusing conglomerate of sadness, anger, enlightenment, and regret? Oh yeah, that's the start of it. Let's throw in some black sheep family dynamics, inner critic rumblings, and fear of your similarly traumatized future. Today, we're talking generational trauma and complicated remorse. Reckoning with loss or family estrangement, yourself? Let me know a...
Thanksgiving Spanksgiving
November 26, 2020 13:45 - 7 minutes - 6.7 MBI hate this holiday, anyone else? Just a quick shoutout to all the black sheep gearing up for some sort of disappointment, alienation, or conflict on this day of gratitude. You’re not the only one. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/complextrauma/message
Unsent Letters | "Dear dad"
November 18, 2020 12:00 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBBuckle up... it's an emotional one. Finally following through on a therapy homework assignment I neglected for 2 years; writing a letter to my motherfucking dad. If you're not ready for tears (mine), keep moving. Consider this my first unsent letter. Does this strike a chord? Looking for an outlet for your own unsent letter? Fucking hit me up - can't be more embarrassing than crying on a public podcast! Find me at t-mfrs.com (traumatizedmotherfuckers.com) and git in touch. --- Send i...
How to deal with Emotions
November 16, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBHaving emotions, processing them, and letting them go has been a relatively new set of skills in my life. Allowing myself to feel has been nothing short of critical to my CPTSD recovery journey. Even though it seems like the worst thing you can possibly do, you must learn to deal with how you feel to live a functional, organized life with a functional, organized brain. Here are my 100% non-professional tips. Hit the mark or miss it entirely? Let me know at t-mfrs.com. I love hearing from y...
Evil step-moms, narc abuse, and ABA recovery with HotMessGuru
November 11, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 79.8 MBThe TMFR Discord community is full of smart, recovery-minded Fuckers. One of the sunniest personalities is HotMessGuru, a single mom with a new leash on life since starting her CPTSD recover ~2 years ago. Listen to her early struggles, narcissistic partner drama, and how she turned the whole thing around. Wanna jump into the community? Get in now, while there's room on the ship. Check t-mfrs.com to apply. Just happy to have some CPTSD support? I could use a hand too - hit up the TMFR patre...
Emotions, Attention, and Cognition
November 09, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBMore bad news for all the dissociators out there. Turns out that our ability to pay attention and think about feelings is a whole other game from just letting ourselves have them. Where does cognition interact with emotion? How do both influence our behaviors? Why aren't we equipped to deal with any of this emotional processing or - hell - acknowledgement? The answers lie in our socialization. Looking for transcripts to keep up with these dense episodes? Check out t-mfrs.com for blog post...
Tales from Early Recovery
November 04, 2020 12:00 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBDid you know that I used to be 1) terrified of driving 2) terrified of humans and 3) terrified of leaving the house? Yep, for a few years this MF was fully-agoraphobic. Today, I'm revisiting an old post from 2019 where I talked about how much my life has changed in 1.5 years of Trauma Recovery I had at that point - mainly, as it related to driving avoidance, controlling relationships, self-isolation, and anxiety-management. How'd the life-halting fears start? What made them worse? How'd I ...
Evolutionary Basis of Emotions
November 02, 2020 12:00 - 57 minutes - 53.2 MBHey, quick question... What are emotions? Not "where do they come from in the brain." We're all tired of the limbic system at this point. I mean, what are they and why do we have them? Today, I'm talking about the evolutionary derivation of emotions. Why you feel the way you feel. How emotions are meant to motivate us for survival. And what the fuck happens when our personal histories override the experiences of our monkey-ancestors. Cuz, uh, I never stopped and thought about it until Skin...
Self-Sabotage and Dissociation
October 30, 2020 11:00 - 29 minutes - 27.7 MBEver swear that you aren't going to engage in a certain behavior again? Ever get stressed out, dissociate, and leave your meat husk for a while? Ever suddenly come back into your bod and brutally realize that... you just did the thing you swore you would not? "MF me." Why does that happen? Today, I'm taking an evolutionary physiology guess, provoked by my own inexplicable anti-self misbehavior. Looking at our double-brained approach to life and the ways it undermines our best intentions. ...
Ask Me Anything
October 28, 2020 16:33 - 30 minutes - 28.5 MBHoller, look who isn't spewing out 50 minutes of research and writing today! Instead, I'm addressing the AMA questions from the TMFR Patreon and sharing the answers with everyone. What's my number one recovery tool, why did this project get started, and beyond! Want to submit a question of your own? Check out patreon.com/traumatizedmotherfuckers to become a part of the monthly AMA. Head over to t-mfrs.com to find the full flurry of all my CPTSD work, join the Discord community, and get in t...
CPTSD: A Broken Animal Metaphor
October 26, 2020 11:00 - 48 minutes - 44.9 MBBorn "different." Overcoming challenges that "normal" species members don't even notice. Constantly falling on his face. Flailing. Sometimes, freezing up with overstimulation. But always getting up and trying again. Today, I'm talking about my wheeliepup Archie... As a metaphor. How does one wobbly dog exemplify the struggles of Complex Trauma? Or am I finally losing it as we stumble around the yard every day? Have a lot in common with Archie? Join the TMFR discord community at t-mfrs.com...
Narcissistic Cycle of Abuse
October 23, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBIn the last episode we talked about what defines a narcissist. Today, we're exploring the addictive highs and lows of the narcissistic cycle of abuse and why C-PTSD sufferers are so easily drawn into the trap. Abusive histories, codependent tendencies, and intermittent reinforcement, abound. Want to help this Trauma project sustain itself? Yo, I'm motherfucking TIRED. Check out the new TMFRs Patreon at patreon.com/traumatizedmotherfuckers --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/c...
Narcissists, Defined.
October 19, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBWho's bad at relationships? Yeeeah, me too. In particular, I hear a lot of us wonder about one personality disorder that underlies all the relationship drama… What’s up with the narcissists that seem to seek and destroy us, anyways? What exactly IS a narcissist? And hey, how about some fun insights from my past reckoning. Next time, we'll talk about the Narcissistic Abuse Cycle and how that plays so nicely with CPTSD. For more info, check out t-mfrs.com! Join the community, shout at Jess,...
A Workaholic Experiment in Applied Behavior Analysis
October 16, 2020 11:00 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MBHey, it's that time again. Taking a solid look at that life I've been creating via anxiety and workaholic tendencies.... and ABA-challenging myself to experiment with redirecting this messy MO towards more functional behaviors. Don't worry, this "hiatus" won't affect you - I'm too far ahead in my work for it to influence consistent podcast releases. ("lol") Find anything I say helpful? I could use some support, too. If you find it worthwhile, check the new Patreon and gift me the time to ...
Gender Triggers (Patreon limited release)
October 14, 2020 11:00 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBThis one's only going to be up for a day - take advantage before it moves to Patreon land forever. We all have our shit, right? Apparently, one of my noxious nuggets is a fast trigger response to the opposite gender. I'm not saying it's alright or I'm on the correct side of the issue. Just describing what I've seen so far in the context of this trauma recovery project and exclaiming my battle cry - STOP TRYING TO WHITE KNIGHT ME. Got something to say about this episode? Get in touch at t-...
Imposter Syndrome: Intro to Season Three
October 12, 2020 11:00 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MBEver get that voice in your head whispering sour nothings about your shortcomings and the false perceptions of others? Hey, me too. Annnd that's especially true when I try to meld this CPTSD support project with my actual schooling in ABA. This week, I'm talking Applied Behavior Analysis... and we're kicking off "Season Three" with a quick look at the ways I still feel like a clueless, exhausted imposter. You know the struggle. If you're a real MF, jump into the Discord community, check ...
Over-stimulation, Hypersensitivity, and Trauma
October 09, 2020 11:00 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBEver feel like you're just TOO observative and sensitive? Like your surroundings have an irrationally large effect on your concentration, mood, and emotions? Like you're strangely stimulated from the inside more often than not? Good news, it's not just you - it's Trauma. Dig the Complex Trauma support project? Well, shit, this MF needs support too. If this trauma podcast is helping you in any way, please consider throwing a few bucks at it - you'll help other Traumatized Fuckers get the wo...
Are you a Highly Sensitive Person?
October 05, 2020 11:00 - 27 minutes - 25 MBToday, we're talking about a new personality trait that I learned from the TMFR Discord community! Are you continually overloaded? Overwhelmed? Overstimulated? You might be an HSP - a High Sensitive Person. Find out if you're part of the 15-20% of the population affected by HSP and how this genetic predisposition to stimuli-flooding contributes to our Distress Intolerance and Emotional Responses. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/complextrauma/message
Depression and C-PTSD
September 28, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 87.7 MBWhere to begin this conversation? Depression is as inseparable from my life experience as breathing. So, today, I'm looking at the crossover between Complex Trauma and Depression. What are the hallmarks of C-PTSD that lend themselves to clinical depressive spells - and vice versa? How do the two progress and pervade each other? And... is there a way to escape? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/complextrauma/message
Conversation | Marie D'Elephant of Everyone's Autonomous
September 25, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 70.4 MBMy first-ever Motherfucking interview! Today, I'm talking with Marie D'Elephant, host of the Everyone's Autonomous Podcast and personal Autonomy coach. This human RULES. Marie discusses her past religious trauma, deconversion, and learning how to accept herself for the first time. We also cover the idea of death-positivity, the autonomous effect of working for yourself, and combating relationship codependency! For more from Marie, check out the Everyone's Autonomous Podcast, and Google her...
Axes of Trauma recovery
September 21, 2020 11:00 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBI'm not a scientist anymore, but some things haven't faded. Today, I'm laying out my hypothesis that there are three major areas of life that need to be positively changed and maintained for lasting Trauma brain recovery to happen. The massive, overarching elements that require exhaustive attention and brave behavior changes. What are those areas? How do they impact our mental health? What happens when one or two of the components are in place - good enough, right? (Nah.) --- Send in a v...
Emotional Dissociation (AKA Numbing)
September 14, 2020 11:00 - 33 minutes - 31.4 MBHow are your emotions? Black and white, like everything else? 0 or 100? Big surprise, your trauma brain is just trying to keep you safe. Today, I'm discussing some research on Emotional Dissociation as well as my own experience with the learned defense mechanism. The emotional "switch" that flips when things are overwhelming... and how it takes on a life of its own. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/complextrauma/message
Conversation | My MOM! Part 2
September 11, 2020 11:00 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBPart TWO of my conversation with my MOM. If you're not aware, she's the anxiety-motivated, broken animal loving, workaholic who has incrementally been a role model or emotionally-dismissive monster in my life, depending on the day. Things have always been hard between us, but these days, we're both on a healing journey with our familial Trauma. In this segment, we're talking about the connection between Trauma and over-responsibility, continued nightmares from our past, and lifting the veil...
Early Days Rerelease: Over-stimulation, Hypersensitivity, and Trauma
September 09, 2020 18:12 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBEver feel like you're just TOO observative and sensitive? Like your surroundings have an irrationally large effect on your concentration, mood, and emotions? Like you're strangely stimulated from the inside more often than not? Good news, it's not just you - it's Trauma. Dig the Complex Trauma support project? Well, shit, this MF needs support too. If this trauma podcast is helping you in any way, please consider throwing a few bucks at it - you'll help other Traumatized Fuckers get the wo...
Prolonged Freeze States
September 07, 2020 11:00 - 26 minutes - 24.9 MBEver feel like you get "stuck" in a void? Like your brain goes blank and your tongue gets tied? Do you watch your life deteriorate while you're stuck in a parallel dimension? Hey, today I'm discussing Freeze States in Trauma survivors. I've got a research article for you, revealing the occurrence of "prolonged" Freeze States in rats under Complex Trauma Conditions. Plus, we're talking about the ways that this survival mechanism can become a long-term maladaptive response instead of a moment...