If you have ever resisted taking action on a project, a next career step, a big move, what is masquerading as “perfectionism” might be your nervous system protecting you.⁠ ⁠ It is not what you think. You are not unmotivated.⁠ ⁠ Intellectually, you want to take the next step but some part of you subconsciously registers this next step as “too big.” The resistance--procrastination, exhaustion, overwhelm--is the symptom of that capacity issue.⁠ ⁠ In Kabbalah, they teach that you have to increase your capacity to hold “the light.”⁠ ⁠ In psychology, they call this pattern functional freeze.⁠ ⁠ Freeze happens when your capacity is maxed and your system hits overwhelm.⁠ Not because you’re doing anything wrong —⁠ but because your body is trying to keep you safe.⁠ ⁠ And the antidote isn’t pushing harder.⁠ ⁠ It’s safety.⁠ Self-devotion.⁠ ⁠ Gentler pacing and healing your system so you can start taking the small steps towards your dream life.⁠ ⁠ Freeze isn’t a flaw.⁠ It’s a message.⁠ ⁠ Your body is saying:⁠ “Slow down. Let me feel safe so we can catch up to your vision.”⁠ ⁠ Save this for the days you feel “stuck.”⁠ Your stillness isn’t resistance —⁠ it’s your nervous system protecting you.⁠ ⁠ Comment “FREEZE” if you want a part 2.⁠ ⁠