Smell the flowers, blow out the candles, light your house on fire - Functional Freeze

If there's one thing millenials love doing, it's adding the word *functional* in front of scary words to make them less harsh. This week we're prepping for the inevitable marathon panic attack also known as the holiday season by learning about a cute little trauma response that we may or may not have adopted after years and years of being forced to work while experiencing global agony. I don't think this is what Darwin meant when he studied survival. The bar for the "fittest" is looking pretty low and pretty frozen these days. 
RESOURCES: 

https://youtu.be/-qPCzzn-uQA 

https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/articles/what-is-functional-freeze-and-how-can-you-soothe-it

 https://khironclinics.com/blog/functional-freeze-emotions-after-trauma/

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GAZA/WEST BANK RESOURCES-

https://medium.com/@scholarscoalition/for-immediate-release-u-s-4c2aecd11535

https://irusa.org/middle-east/palestine/

https://buildpalestine.com/2021/05/15/trusted-organizations-to-donate-to-palestine/

https://www.vox.com/2015/5/14/18093732/israel-palestine-misconceptions

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/52045757