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I Wasn’t Crazy. I Was Stuck in Survival Mode.

I Wasn’t Crazy. I Was Stuck in Survival Mode.

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Jul 01, 2025
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The Nervous System Compass

I spent years thinking I was just intense or broken. Angry at nothing, anxious over everything, numb when I should have felt alive. I was cycling through rage, panic, and shutdown daily, blaming myself for not being stronger or better or less fucked up.

Turns out, none of it was me. It was my nervous system stuck in permanent fight or flight after therap…

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