I can understand why I feel the way I do, but until my nervous system knows I am safe, I will keep reacting like I am not. And the truth is, that makes sense—because in the past, I was not safe.
Discomfort meant danger and emotions meant chaos.
So my body learned to brace, perform, please, or disappear. Now, I am learning to do something different.
So my body learned to brace, perform, please, or disappear. Now, I am learning to do something different.
I am learning to stay. To breathe. To offer presence to the places that once only knew panic.