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I think as Savsana pointed out, the "freeze' response is subconscious and sort of a default, autopilot pattern. The way to break the pattern is to become conscious and aware. Aware in a moment to moment way of what you are feeling and thinking. This is why mindfulness is so powerful. You can't fall back into unconsciousness and the freeze response when you are living in the moment. This is something that takes practice and persistence. It is gradual for most people and a trained therapist could probably give you better techniques than I can. For me it was just a constant shifting of focus form the physical to the emotional. I started catching myself in these chronic thought patterns and I would stop myself until they faded out over time. The brain is neuroplastic after all. Another book that really helped me with this was Monte Hueftle's "Master Practice"....There should be info on him on the wiki.....I just found his techniques helpful but everyone is different.