Why we can’t feel joy
Same goes for freeze - can't exist in that body either.
Joy solely exists in ventral vagal. And the vast majority of us barely got to spend any time there as kids (if any). Which means it's a muscle we never got to develop, and so many of us are still living in survival mode.
This is week's episode of Adult Child is all about this. Seems to be deeply resonating with people. I'll put a link to the ep in the comments.
u/AdultChildPod — 21 hours ago