Trauma can cause decision paralysis in leaders

Added: 2026-05-19

[00:00:00]for sure that go through things like this. I like to say decision paralysis.

[00:00:03]You're paralyzed. You know how one side of your body can be paralyzed from a stroke, right? Cuz we're we're going to speak neurologic. Okay, so one side of the brain could be messed up to where you're from a stroke or anything like that, so you're paralyzed.

[00:00:15]You can be paralyzed in speech. I've experienced that. You can be paralyzed from, you know, physically, um, as well as verbally, right? So, we can also be paralyzed in our thoughts.

[00:00:24]We can also be paralyzed in decision-making because of the impact trauma has had in our brain to where we can't even make a decision, so we freeze.

[00:00:36]We freeze. And, you know, then when we freeze, there comes avoidance of what is responsibility, avoidance of, you know, you know, confrontations that when I say confrontations meaning like, you know, conversations that need to be had for as far as your overall team.

[00:00:53]Your team, the ones that you lead, the ones that, you know, report to you, and even the ones that you have to report to. That's where avoidance come in at, and it's hard for you to make a decision as a leader, so you just freeze. And so, that's why I like to say, um, decision paralysis because it's like you can't you're you're frozen. Yeah.

[00:01:12]>> And you don't want to allow yourself to feel. That can also put you back in survival mode, and then you're just going through this repetitious cycle over and over with each