Real People Share Real Shutdown Experiences

Stuck Not Broken

Justin shares the felt experience results of his "Shutdown Experiences Survey." Real people in dorsal vagal shutdown share about their emotions, thoughts, and more. You will get more validation and normalization from this episode. Learn language for your shutdown experiences and ideas on what to do about it.

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0:00 Real People Share Real Experiences of Dorsal Vagal Shutdown (SNB 227)

01:00 the Shutdown Experiences Survey

02:43 Emotions of Shutdown

08:09 Thinking from Shutdown

11:30 Sensations of Shutdown

14:34 Impulses of Shutdown

18:06 What is it like to be in shutdown?

20:09 What's the Solution to Shutdown?

23:14 Outro

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Justin Sunseri is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist registered in the State of California (#99147).