Dealing with the Overwhelm: Chronic Freeze and Depression
It’s all about the nervous system
5 min readNov 27, 2021
Depression can feel like a rock sitting on our chest, suffocating the life out of us. We feel sluggish with no energy. Even the smallest activity can feel overwhelming. We just want to lay in bed all the time with the shades closed. Life becomes too much to handle. Our nervous system is in a state of collapse.