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marlo
@marlo
it shouldn’t be nearly impossible to relax. you shouldn’t have to spend hours a day trying to regulate your nervous system. and you shouldn’t feel like a failure because meditation isn’t curing you that used to be me. i constantly felt unsafe and like i was failing because all the methods and hacks in the world weren’t making me better some would say i should just fix my life if it’s so stressful, but i did. i spent years creating my dream life, and the anxiety only got louder—once i eliminated the noise and chaos, there were fewer things to distract me from it the only thing that has truly helped has been addressing the underlying trauma (and corresponding beliefs) that programmed my nervous system to believe i’m constantly in danger with complex trauma there’s no overnight cure, but i finally feel i have a map to guide me out of the maze. and there are far more days where i can just live my life without it being an epic battle to convince my nervous system i’m not about to die
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jp 🎩
@jpfraneto.eth
this makes me think of the immense amount of base stress that is present in my experience. regardless of the circumstances, there is always some sort of tension that is on my body, mind and spirit, and that i think relates to what you say. it is possible to relax it. actually, that relaxation is already here. it has always been
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downshift - μ/acc
@downshift.eth
hyper-vigilance is a coping mechanism when i notice it, i try to look inward to find the root
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marlo
@marlo
this is the way. do you find the root cause goes away once you understand it? or do the same causes come up repeatedly?
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downshift - μ/acc
@downshift.eth
oh, that shit keeps coming back. i learn to catch myself, ideally with no judgement, and the habit loses power over time
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