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The mechanism of fear (fight or flight mechanism) contains no fear inside itself. It is just our defense mechanism, preparing us for a perceived lethal threat.
PTSD has temporary access to the switch activating our adrenal stress response (fight or flight). Real danger is never present when my childhood PTSD activates now.
Think about that! No real danger can exist when my abuser is dead. He can not hurt me now.
The fear created comes from the storyline I add.
With my focused breath, I can dissipate the Tunnel Vision, the Auditory Exclusion, the Loss of fine motor skills, the Tai-chi-Psyche, and the increased heart rate, blood pressure and respiration.
What is left?
Our trauma thoughts and emotions standing by themselves.
So much easier to live with and heal when our fight or flight mechanism does not scare us.
Our defense mechanism is there to help save our life, not make it a living hell.
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Posted by smilecalm on December 23, 2018 at 2:03 am
happy fear
less holidays 🙂