Learning More: Tonic Immobility

In this 4th and final installment of Learning More about Tonic Immobility, we wanted to share this webinar that HOPE Center hosted with Britta Koenen.  We hope it is helpful and you find the information insightful and healing. Please share this webinar widely. The more people who understand tonic immobility, who understand how and why…

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Learning More: Tonic Immobility Part 3

In our final installment of our Tonic Immobility series, we will look at what you can do to help share this information, and how to respond when someone shares their experience with you. “I felt paralyzed”: breaking down a sexual assault reaction (Part 3) Welcome back! In Part 1, we talked about a reaction that…

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Learning More: Tonic Immobility Part 2

Part 2 of our series on Learning More about Tonic Immobility: “I felt paralyzed”: breaking down a sexual assault reaction (Part 2) Welcome back! Last time, we talked about a reaction that can happen during sexual assault called tonic immobility. Basically, this is a state of temporary paralysis where you’re fully conscious but you can’t…

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Learning More: Tonic Immobility

In our new series “Learning More” we will be addressing some different topics that we invite you to learn more about. Today’s blog post is Part 1 on Tonic Immobility from Britta Koenen. “I felt paralyzed”: breaking down a sexual assault reaction (Part 1) Imagine this: you’re hosting a group of friends over for dinner,…

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