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Fight, Flight, or Freeze: Your Immune System Feels It. Here’s What to Do

Stress Is Killing You Faster Than You Think- Part Three

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Kathleen Thorne RN, LMT
May 08, 2025
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Fight, Flight, or Freeze - Survival Mode Isn’t Your Home

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Why Your Nervous System Overreacts and How That Wrecks Your Immunity

You weren’t meant to live like this.

Not waking up exhausted but wired.

Not flinching at phone calls, frozen in front of emails, or holding your breath in the grocery store.

That’s not weakness.

That’s survival wiring.

Your nervous system is running a program older than cities and built to protect you from real, physical threats.

Fight. Flight. Freeze.

They’re not character flaws. They’re brilliant biological strategies.

And they’ve kept our species alive for thousands of years.


But now?

They’re showing up in the middle of ordinary life…

in the checkout line, the conference call, the turning lane.

You lash out at someone you love.

You zone out in a zoom meeting.

You grind your teeth and brace your body just to get through the day.

And somewhere inside, you wonder,

“Why can’t I just feel normal again”?


Here’s the hard truth:

If your nervous system thinks you’re still in danger, it will act like you are!

And when that state doesn’t shut off, your body stops prioritizing digestion, detoxification, tissue repair… and immune defense.

Your system can’t fight off viruses or restore balance when it’s constantly preparing for a threat.

I will show you exactly why that happens and what to do about it.


What You’ll Unlock Below:

  • My personal story with freeze and adrenal depletion

  • A breakdown of healthy vs. unhealthy fight, flight, and freeze states

  • The full biological loop between stress, nervous system activation, and immune dysfunction

  • Tools to interrupt the loop including breath, movement, herbs, adaptogens, essential oils, and contrast therapy

  • Strategies for supporting your immune system while it’s under stress

  • Zero fluff. Just what works, and why.

If you’ve ever felt stuck, foggy, inflamed, or like your body is sabotaging you…

This is the piece that will help it all start making sense.

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