Have you noticed some people seem 'checked out'? But also sometimes 'exploding'?
Perhaps you’re feeling the same. I sometimes am.
In polyvagal terms, being 'checked out' is often related to the dorsal vagus response of 'freeze'. This happens when strategies (e.g. fight, flight) to escape a threat are not successful.
To come out of the ‘checked out’ dorsal …
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