Your Body Freezes Before You Run. Here's Why.

Have you ever wondered why you freeze before you react? In this clip, Jennifer Wallace shares a real-life encounter with wild boars that perfectly illustrates how the nervous system moves through the threat response. Your body doesn't freeze because it's failing. It freezes because it's gathering information. Within fractions of a second, your nervous system asks: • Is this dangerous? • Can I escape? • Do I fight? • Do I freeze? • Is there another option? Understanding this sequence helps explain why chronic trauma changes the nervous system. When there is no escape, the brain begins to rely on freeze and shutdown as survival strategies. 🎙️ Watch the full Trauma Rewired episode to learn the difference between freeze, tonic immobility, flop, and functional freeze.