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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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