Your body is prepping for a battle that might not be coming. 🤍
That's not weakness. That's not oversensitivity. That's a nervous system that learned to protect you — and never got the memo that things changed.
Anticipatory anxiety isn't irrational. It's your history talking.
But at some point you have to ask yourself —
do I actually need anything here?
Because if the answer is no — you're allowed to stand down.
You don't have to keep fighting a war your nervous system forgot to end.
If this landed — follow. I'm a hypnotherapist and I work with people whose nervous systems are stuck in a war that already ended. Real tools. Honest conversation. Nothing here is going to tell you to just think positive.
Follow along. You might recognize yourself.
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