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When the Body Gives Up: Distinguishing Flop from Freeze in Trauma
While the freeze response is a state of tense, hyperaroused immobility, the flop response is a complete collapse and dissociation that occurs when the nervous system deems all other options futile.
Feeling Erased: Reclaiming Presence After Trauma
Trauma can create a profound and haunting sense of being erased, as if one's inner reality has been rendered invisible.
