Waves of Freeze During COVID-19

Maggie Truelove, SEP
11 min readApr 3, 2020

What is the freeze response, and how might we relate to it and ourselves during the highly stressful experience of global pandemic

Just a note: “Somatic” means “of the body”, and in this case refers broadly to study, practice and guidance towards embodiment, trauma resolution, nervous system resiliency, and trauma-safe mindfulness. There are somatically-oriented coaches and counselors, therapists and

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Maggie Truelove, SEP

Somatic Practitioner: body-based sustainable change, mindfulness, and empowerment. www.maggietruelove.com