When You Know What to Do but Your Body Won’t Cooperate


When You Know What You Need to Do… But You Still Can’t Do It Have you ever sat there knowing exactly what you need to do, maybe even wanting to do it, and still felt completely unable to move? You tell yourself to get up. Answer the text. Make the appointment. Start the laundry. Say something. Do anything. And somehow your body just… doesn’t. This is one of the most misunderstood parts of the stress response. We talk a lot about fight or flight, but freeze doesn’t always get the same...