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Why Trauma Responses Ignore CBT Understanding

I understand my trauma responses intellectually and can explain them perfectly but my body still freezes when triggered and nothing gets through.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Traumatic activation bypasses cognitive processing, requiring body-based approaches that address the nervous system directly.

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