Your system learned to live in stress because it had to.
It got used to the chaos, and it got used to bracing for the next hit, the next disappointment, the next hurt.
Calm felt unsafe, and peace felt like the absence before the storm.
Your body stayed on high alert to keep you safe.
Now, you can work with your body, to remind your nervous system, you are not there anymore. You are here, now, safe.