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Functional Freeze: Why You Feel Nothing Right Now
Functional freeze is why you feel nothing, and nobody asks if you're okay.
This week's Mental Health Awareness Month question: what should we be talking about that we're not talking about?
81% of Americans now recognise the importance of mental health, and yet access to services actually dropped this year. We are more aware than ever and more stuck than ever. For millions of people, the struggle does not look like a breakdown. It looks like a completely ordinary day. You go to work. You answer emails. You show up. And you feel nothing. It is called functional freeze, and it is your nervous…
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