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This sentence about child abuse and kids of alcoholics shocks me, “As children, our small bodies are marinated in those chemicals.”
It explains more accurately how PTSD impacts my body and nervous system.
We carry these hypervigilant drugs at higher resting levels than normal people without realizing it.
That makes sense.
I can not remember a time when my body was calm.
Our brains developed while we were in these hypervigilant and survivor modes.
Our brains were wired under duress and abuse, in a state of fear.
This is why we focus on spotting danger, why we worry constantly.
We live with that tightness in our solar plexus, it feels like fear, and we read it as danger.
When you value safety over all other desires, life becomes more and more narrow.
We find it extremely difficult to trust.
It is all stored in our cells and brain, our own body and mind carry PTSD through life.
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PTSD - A Way Out.com 