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The "freeze" trauma response is a nervous system-deep manifestation of what psychologists call "learned helplessness"-- the reflexive paralysis we experience when we perceive every option available to be associated w/ pain or unacceptable risk.
Trauma responses aren't "choices."
Trauma responses aren't "choices."
November 13, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The "freeze" trauma response is a nervous system-deep manifestation of what psychologists call "learned helplessness"-- the reflexive paralysis we experience when we perceive every option available to be associated w/ pain or unacceptable risk.
Trauma responses aren't "choices."
Trauma responses aren't "choices."
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Many trauma survivors choose not to f*ck w/ "forgiveness," because many abusers understand "forgiveness" to mean "permission to do it again."
November 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Many trauma survivors choose not to f*ck w/ "forgiveness," because many abusers understand "forgiveness" to mean "permission to do it again."
yea... i dont have enough time left on this planet to be putting up with this immature bullshit anymore... i'm too busy just trying to survive
October 15, 2025 at 11:18 AM
yea... i dont have enough time left on this planet to be putting up with this immature bullshit anymore... i'm too busy just trying to survive
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The goal is not to be in an "argument" w/ our nervous system that is steadfastly insisting we can "never" be safe & "no one" can "ever" be trusted.
Even as we're working to shift our patterns, we need to validate our system's pain & vigilance-- it doesn't come out of nowhere.
Even as we're working to shift our patterns, we need to validate our system's pain & vigilance-- it doesn't come out of nowhere.
October 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The goal is not to be in an "argument" w/ our nervous system that is steadfastly insisting we can "never" be safe & "no one" can "ever" be trusted.
Even as we're working to shift our patterns, we need to validate our system's pain & vigilance-- it doesn't come out of nowhere.
Even as we're working to shift our patterns, we need to validate our system's pain & vigilance-- it doesn't come out of nowhere.
oh yea... "it was just a joke" was the one used when i complained that i was being pressured into unwanted surgeries...
October 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
oh yea... "it was just a joke" was the one used when i complained that i was being pressured into unwanted surgeries...
yep, they like to accuse me of this too... like bitch, you showed me who you are and no changed behavior since then, i'm not going to let you abuse me again
September 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
yep, they like to accuse me of this too... like bitch, you showed me who you are and no changed behavior since then, i'm not going to let you abuse me again
"People become loners because everyone they trusted ended up betraying them." - a whole shit-ton of people, probably
September 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
"People become loners because everyone they trusted ended up betraying them." - a whole shit-ton of people, probably
