Depression is one of the most researched mood disorders, but if we look a bit deeper into how depression is able to develop, it is more nuanced than we think. This means, treating depression isn’t a one size fits all solution. It is agreed upon that depression is a chemical imbalance and can be treated with SSRIs or SNRIs, etc., which can work for some, but this doesn’t always work for everyone. Understanding what happens in the body and brain when it comes to nervous system outputs and how we are wired, as well as our connection to nature and sunlight, we can start to understand the complexities of depression, and find ways to treat it at an individual level. In today’s episode, Elisabeth and Jennifer are joined by Matt Bush to talk about depression, chronic fatigue and functional freeze, and how they are all interlinked with one another. They discuss myths about depression and how pharmaceuticals aren’t the only, or best, way to treat depression. Also, how we may become wired toward depression at a young age by witnessing and mimicking caregivers in their own depressive states and how social connection, nature, and neurodrills that produce domaine, can help rewire the brain. Depression can look and feel insidious, but its main function is to be protective. If we reframe the way we look at depression, we can be effective in healing it. Join us to learn about this and more! Topics discussed in this episode: Different levels of freeze responses The overlap of functional freeze and burnout Chronic fatigue as a protective output What is depression? Some myths about depression Are pharmaceuticals necessary to treat depression? How depression can be wired into us by mimicking our primary caregivers Social connection as a way to rewire depression Dopamine’s role in the correlation between addiction and depression How neurodrills can rewire and change brain chemistry Nature as a healing tool The socioeconomic and cultural impact on the nervous system Learn more about the Neuro-Somatic Intelligence Coaching program and sign up for the spring cohort now! https://www.neurosomaticintelligence.com Get started training your nervous system with our FREE 2-week offer on the Brain Based Membership site: https://www.rewiretrial.com Join the Next Level Neuro Mentorship Program: https://www.nextlevelneuro.com/a/2147666262/2U4AvzLR REWIRE RETREAT https://www.thenatureofmindbody.com/book-online Contact us about private Rewire Neuro-Somatic Coaching: https://brainbased-wellness.com/rewire-private-neuro-somatic-coaching/ Connect with us on social media: @trauma.rewired Join the Trauma Rewired Facebook Group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/761101225132846 FREE 1 Year Supply of Vitamin D + 5 Travel Packs from Athletic Greens when you use my exclusive offer: https://www.drinkag1.com/rewired This episode was produced by Podcast Boutique https://www.podcastboutique.com Trauma Rewired podcast is intended to educate and inform but does not constitute medical, psychological or other professional advice or services. Always consult a qualified medical professional about your specific circumstances before making any decisions based on what you hear. We share our experiences, explore trauma, physical reactions, mental health and disease. If you become distressed by our content, please stop listening and seek professional support when needed. Do not continue to listen if the conversations are having a negative impact on your health and well-being. If you or someone you know is struggling with their mental health, or in mental health crisis and you are in the United States you can 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. If someone’s life is in danger, immediately call 911. We do our best to stay current in research, but older episodes are always available. We don’t warrant or guarantee that this podcast contains complete, accur
Welcome to Trauma Rewired, the podcast that teaches you about your nervous system, how trauma lives in the body, and what you can do to heal.
I'm your co host, Elizabeth Christof, founder of Brainbase.com Comma, an online community where we train the nervous system for resilience and trauma re patterning.
And I'm also the founder of Neurosomatic Intelligence Coaching certification.
And I'm your co host, Jennifer Wallace, a neurosomatic psychedelic preparation and integration guide, bridging the powerful modalities of your nervous system and.
And psychedelic healing spaces.
And I'm also an educator at the neurosomatic intelligence coaching certification.
Last week we opened this conversation with our exploration of burnout.
And today we're continuing that conversation and diving a little bit deeper and also getting into chronic fatigue, functional freeze and depression.
And so we're joined today with our lead NSI educator, Matt Bush, founder of Next Level Neuro.
I want to jump back in to looking at functional freeze and burnout a little bit more before we get into depression because, jen, your story of functional freeze was so powerful and so relatable, and it's such an interesting topic.
Functional freeze, because there's a part of us that shut down, and there's another part of us that's still performing, that's masking to stay afloat and to survive, to keep functioning in our life.
And so part of us is able to still show up and in many other ways, we're immobilized and we're disconnected while we're doing so.
And I think that's so interesting to explore what's going on neurologically.
How is that happening and what's the cost of that on our nervous system?
Yeah, so what we have to remember, I think, is that there's different parts of the nervous system that can be experiencing different levels of freeze at the same time.
So, like, there may be a full emotional shutdown, like numbness to emotions, difficulty feeling emotions.
There may also be a shutdown of the interoceptive system, but you can still engage enough to take care of responsibilities when you need to, knowing you're going to come back to that shutdown state.
So when we sometimes when we just describe freeze as a first line traumatic response, we think of a full blown physiological freeze response where I physically freeze as well as emotional, mental.
All of the parts of me are frozen.
And it's very short term because we say freeze to fight or freeze to flee.