Nev's term for a common modern state: highly functional at work and in daily tasks, but cut off from the body, chronically stressed, sleeping badly and deeply unsafe underneath. She says deep inner work done from this state overwhelms rather than heals.
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It doesn't matter what you learn. If you're in a state of overwhelm, there's nothing you can do with what you've learned. You're just going to freeze and it's going to turn into shame.
- Regulate the body before excavating the mind
Deep inner work done from functional freeze pushes the stress response over the edge and feels overwhelming rather than healing, and then it turns into self-blame. Breathwork and grounding…