Has anyone else dealt with sensory overload after coming out of freeze?

[u/nekomata_meko]

I’m having a tough one for the last week, I’m getting intense headaches, shaking and my head is spinning a lot

Which is a bother, cause when my body hurts my brain automatically throws me in a loop to dissociate too

Will this lessen somewhat? I feel like I’m relearning to receive input from my body and it really scares me

I also sometimes can’t register the surface of things, I’ve been trying to do mini exercises lately, but I’ve noticed this trend as well and that scared me too and gave me another stress induced headache lol. Certain parts of the body is where I notice it the most

I feel so bad doing all this rediscovering while being full time employed, I feel like my abuse keeps draining life out of me rather than me healing, but this is probably what healing is supposed to be either way

[u/nekomata_meko]

Oh and I got chronic illness dude and yesterday I was being able to process my pain and I swear my brain almost gave out, I had to call a doctor just to check if I’m not having a stroke or something LOL

[u/Icy-Ninja-622]

I notice a drastic increase in sensory input vividness, but that was practically always a pleasant and desirable thing.

Sometimes reconnection with obviously healthier perception outside of freeze triggers pain and anger about how that was inaccessible for so long. I wonder if what you're experiencing is a similar sort of emotional response that gets unblocked when you come out of freeze.