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There's a Glass Wall Between Me and My Own Life (opens the original)
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Everyone recognises anxiety, stress and overwhelm straight away. What almost nobody talks about is what it’s like when you feel completely disconnected from everything around you. The emotions are all still there, but you’re living life from behind glass. Dissociated. Right here in the room, and cut off from your own life at the same time. That’s been my state of being for most of my life.Part 2 of 2: Hypo-Arousal and the window of tolerance, when your body shuts the door.<a class="image-link im
My Nervous System Thinks the Office Is Omaha Beach (opens the original)
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You can be completely safe and still spend an entire day braced for impact. Your body doesn’t wait for real danger before it sounds the alarm, it just decides, and you spend the day paying for a war that never comes.Part 1 of 2: Hyper-Arousal, When your body fights a threat that isn’t there.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6EVB!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F
Who Decided Drinking Was Normal, and Why Did I Go Along for So Long? (opens the original)
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Nobody warns you that the hardest part of drinking less isn’t the drinking. It’s the first time you say “no thanks” and feel the whole room look at you like you’ve changed, like something’s wrong with you.<source type=
I Can't Even Order Sushi Without Overthinking It (opens the original)
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Your best thinking might be the thing keeping you stuck. And the smarter you are, the better the trap works.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" h
I Rewrote My Attachment Style. It Wasn’t Pretty (opens the original)
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You can spend years taking it personally, every silence, every pull-away. Or you can learn to read what’s underneath, including your own scripts.Attachment Styles Series - Part 2 of 2<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" h
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