Just as nature comes out of the winter hibernation, so too does our systems come out of the longer unconscious states of freeze.

Long term survival is exhausting. It depletes and dysregulates. Our system is in a state of survival and suppression rather than safety and authenticity. It takes a lot of energy for a system to be and function in survival, always scanning for threats, tensing, contracting, disconnecting, being in hyper-vigilance, protecting and hiding. The more dysregulated and overwhelmed a system is, the more exhausted, disconnected and fatigued we will feel.