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Podcast: Dare To Be Brave with Joy Foster
Episode: Why You Freeze Even When You’re Safe (It’s Not a Confidence Problem) | E284
Description: I Was Perfectly Safe, So Why Did My Brain React Like I Wasn’t?Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you were completely safe and yet your nervous system behaved as if you weren’t?Your heart is racing. Your thoughts are scattered. For a split second, you freeze.What’s really happening here?According to neuroscience, your brain has been flooded with fight-or-flight chemicals in equal measure, which is why you freeze even though you aren’t in danger.Chances are, when this happens...