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Shifting Out of Immobilization

If depression is the emotional expression of the immobilization response, then the solution is to move out of that state of defense, But how?

Removing the threat is not enough to move out of that state of defense. Rather, the nervous system has to detect robust signals of safety to bring the social state back online. The best way to do that is through social connection.

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