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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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Spacecowboi
@spacecowboi
Thanks for sharing part of your process. It sounds like you cracked open some important hurdles on the way for you. Great how you could shift from 'using' methods to make yourself 'better' to an intention of self-acceptance whilst exploring what is actually helpful for you.
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marlo
@marlo
yes, feels like untangling a large ball of yarn instead of trying to knit with it as-is. it’s not about judgement but seeing the patterns that need to be addressed for greater ease and freedom. so much more satisfaction along the way
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