Latest / Adult Child of Dysfunction / E 302: Tammy's Takes #14: 5 Signs You Are Stuck In Survival Mode
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- 0:01Welcome
- 0:01back
- 0:01to
- 0:01another
- 0:01episode
- 0:02of
- 0:02Tammy's
- 0:02Takes,
- 0:02where
- 0:03we
- 0:03take
- 0:03powerful
- 0:03conversations
- 0:04with
- 0:04our
- 0:04guests
- 0:05and
- 0:05turn
- 0:05them
- 0:05into
- 0:05practical
- 0:06strategies
- 0:07that
- 0:07you
- 0:07can
- 0:07use
- 0:07right
- 0:08here,
- 0:08right
- 0:08now.
- 0:09So
- 0:09if
- 0:09you
- 0:10listen
- 0:10to
- 0:10yesterday's
- 0:10episode
- 0:11with
- 0:11Dr.
- 0:11Tracy
- 0:12Hutchinson,
- 0:12whoa,
- 0:13it
- 0:13was
- 0:13a
- 0:13good
- 0:13one.
- 0:14She's
- 0:14an
- 0:14author,
- 0:15a
- 0:15psychotherapist,
- 0:16and
- 0:16an
- 0:16expert
- 0:16in
- 0:17narcissistic
- 0:17abuse
- 0:18and
- 0:18family
- 0:18trauma.
- 0:19We
- 0:19had
- 0:20such
- 0:20a
- 0:20powerful
- 0:20conversation
- 0:21and
- 0:21we
- 0:21talked
- 0:22about
- 0:22something
- 0:22that
- 0:22you
- 0:23might
- 0:23not
- 0:23have
- 0:23heard,
- 0:23a
- 0:23term
- 0:24you
- 0:24might
- 0:24not
- 0:24have
- 0:24ever
- 0:25heard,
- 0:25actually.
- 0:25It's
- 0:26called
- 0:26high
- 0:26conflict
- 0:27parenting.
- 0:28We
- 0:28also
- 0:28talked
- 0:28about
- 0:29emotional
- 0:29invalidation
- 0:30and
- 0:30how
- 0:31that
- 0:31shapes
- 0:31you
- 0:31long
- 0:32after
- 0:32childhood.
- 0:33She
- 0:33talked
- 0:33about
- 0:34how
- 0:34growing
- 0:34up
- 0:34with
- 0:34these
- 0:34high
- 0:35conflict
- 0:35parents
- 0:36can
- 0:36keep
- 0:36you
- 0:36stuck
- 0:36in
- 0:36patterns
- 0:37of
- 0:37self-doubt,
- 0:38hypervigilance
- 0:39and
- 0:39low
- 0:39self-worth
- 0:40for
- 0:40years
- 0:41if
- 0:41you
- 0:41don't
- 0:41understand
- 0:42what's
- 0:42actually
- 0:42happening.
- 0:43And
- 0:43today,
- 0:44what
- 0:44I
- 0:44wanna
- 0:44do
- 0:44is
- 0:44I
- 0:44wanna
- 0:45pull
- 0:45something
- 0:45out
- 0:45of
- 0:45the
- 0:45conversation
- 0:46that
- 0:46I
- 0:46think
- 0:47is
- 0:47going
- 0:47to
- 0:47land
- 0:47for
- 0:48a
- 0:48whole
- 0:48lot
- 0:48of
- 0:48you.
- 0:49So
- 0:50many
- 0:50of
- 0:50us
- 0:50are
- 0:50walking
- 0:51around
- 0:51thinking,
- 0:52I'm
- 0:52just
- 0:53anxious.
- 0:53I
- 0:53overthink
- 0:54everything.
- 0:54I
- 0:54can't
- 0:55relax.
- 0:55I'm
- 0:55too
- 0:56emotional.
- 0:56I
- 0:56just
- 0:56need
- 0:57to
- 0:57get
- 0:57it
- 0:57together.
- 0:58And
- 0:58what
- 0:58you
- 0:59might
- 0:59not
- 0:59realize
- 0:59is,
- 1:00even
- 1:00though
- 1:00you
- 1:00know
- 1:00all
- 1:01this
- 1:01stuff,
- 1:01logically,
- 1:02it
- 1:02may
- 1:02be
- 1:03that
- 1:03your
- 1:03nervous
- 1:03system
- 1:04is
- 1:04stuck
- 1:04in
- 1:04survival
- 1:05mode.
- 1:05And
- 1:05that
- 1:06does
- 1:06not
- 1:06mean
- 1:06that
- 1:06there's
- 1:06anything
- 1:07wrong
- 1:07with
- 1:07you.
- 1:08It
- 1:08means
- 1:08your
- 1:09body
- 1:09learned
- 1:09to
- 1:09adapt
- 1:10in
- 1:10an
- 1:10environment
- 1:11where
- 1:11it
- 1:11did
- 1:11not
- 1:11feel
- 1:11emotionally
- 1:12safe.
- 1:13So
- 1:13today
- 1:13what
- 1:14I'm
- 1:14going
- 1:14to
- 1:14give
- 1:14you
- 1:15is
- 1:15I
- 1:15wanna
- 1:16give
- 1:16you
- 1:16five
- 1:16signs.
- 1:17Your
- 1:17nervous
- 1:17system
- 1:17is
- 1:17still
- 1:18operating
- 1:18from
- 1:18survival
- 1:19and
- 1:19not
- 1:20safety,
- 1:20and
- 1:21I
- 1:21really
- 1:21want
- 1:21you
- 1:21to
- 1:22listen
- 1:22to
- 1:22these,
- 1:22even
- 1:23write
- 1:23'em
- 1:23down
- 1:23if
- 1:23you
- 1:23have
- 1:24to.
- 1:24Not
- 1:24from
- 1:24a
- 1:24place
- 1:25of
- 1:25judging
- 1:25yourself,
- 1:26but
- 1:26from
- 1:26a
- 1:26place
- 1:27of
- 1:27understanding
- 1:28yourself.
- 1:28Because
- 1:29it's
- 1:29awareness
- 1:30and
- 1:30becoming
- 1:30aware
- 1:30of
- 1:30your
- 1:31patterns
- 1:31and
- 1:31why
- 1:32you
- 1:32are
- 1:32the
- 1:32way
- 1:32you
- 1:32are.
- 1:33That
- 1:33starts
- 1:34to
- 1:34shift
- 1:34everything.
- 1:36So
- 1:36here
- 1:36we
- 1:36go.
- 1:37Number
- 1:37one,
- 1:37you
- 1:38feel
- 1:38on
- 1:38edge
- 1:38even
- 1:39when
- 1:39nothing
- 1:39is
- 1:39wrong.
- 1:40This
- 1:40is
- 1:40one
- 1:40of
- 1:41the
- 1:41biggest
- 1:41signs.
- 1:41tight.
- 1:42Your
- 1:42shoulders
- 1:43may
- 1:43be
- 1:43up,
- 1:43your
- 1:44chest
- 1:44may
- 1:44feel
- 1:44heavy,
- 1:45your
- 1:45stomach
- 1:45may
- 1:46feel
- 1:46unsettled.
- 1:47Your
- 1:47mind
- 1:47might
- 1:48be
- 1:48scanning,
- 1:48scanning,
- 1:49scanning,
- 1:49literally
- 1:50looking
- 1:50around.
- 1:50It's
- 1:51called
- 1:51hyper
- 1:51vigilance.
- 1:52You
- 1:52might
- 1:52even
- 1:52ask
- 1:53yourself
- 1:53things
- 1:53like,
- 1:54I
- 1:54don't
- 1:54know
- 1:54why
- 1:54I
- 1:54feel
- 1:54this
- 1:55way.
- 1:55I
- 1:55just
- 1:56can't
- 1:56seem
- 1:56to
- 1:56settle
- 1:56down.
- 1:57I
- 1:57feel
- 1:57like
- 1:57something
- 1:58bad
- 1:58is
- 1:58about
- 1:58to
- 1:59happen.
- 2:00What's
- 2:00so
- 2:00important
- 2:01to
- 2:01understand
- 2:01here
- 2:02is
- 2:02that
- 2:02this
- 2:02is
- 2:03not
- 2:03your
- 2:03body
- 2:03being
- 2:04dramatic.
- 2:04This
- 2:05is
- 2:05your
- 2:05body
- 2:05doing
- 2:06what
- 2:06it
- 2:06learned
- 2:06to
- 2:06do,
- 2:08because
- 2:08if
- 2:08you
- 2:08grow
- 2:08up
- 2:08in
- 2:09chaos,
- 2:10if
- 2:10you
- 2:10grow
- 2:10up
- 2:10with
- 2:10emotional
- 2:11unpredictability,
- 2:12if
- 2:12you
- 2:12grew
- 2:12up
- 2:12with
- 2:12a
- 2:12parent
- 2:13whose
- 2:13mood
- 2:13could
- 2:13change
- 2:14the
- 2:14whole
- 2:14room,
- 2:15then
- 2:16your
- 2:16body
- 2:16learned
- 2:17it's
- 2:17safer
- 2:17to
- 2:18stay
- 2:18ready
- 2:18than
- 2:19to
- 2:19relax.
- 2:20Dr.
- 2:20Tracy
- 2:20talked
- 2:21about
- 2:21this
- 2:21so
- 2:21well
- 2:22when
- 2:22she's
- 2:22described
- 2:23hypervigilance
- 2:24and
- 2:24how
- 2:24some
- 2:24people
- 2:25don't
- 2:25even
- 2:25realize
- 2:25they're
- 2:26living
- 2:26in
- 2:26a
- 2:26constant
- 2:27state
- 2:27of
- 2:27tension
- 2:27because
- 2:28it's
- 2:28literally
- 2:28become
- 2:29their
- 2:29baseline.
- 2:30So
- 2:30if
- 2:30you
- 2:30feel
- 2:30on
- 2:31edge,
- 2:31even
- 2:31when
- 2:31nothing
- 2:32is
- 2:32wrong,
- 2:32that
- 2:33doesn't
- 2:33mean
- 2:33you're
- 2:33broken.
- 2:34It
- 2:34means
- 2:34your
- 2:34system
- 2:35has
- 2:35not
- 2:35fully
- 2:35learned
- 2:36that
- 2:36this
- 2:36moment
- 2:37right
- 2:37now,
- 2:38right
- 2:38here,
- 2:38what
- 2:38your
- 2:38experiences
- 2:40is
- 2:40actually
- 2:40different
- 2:40from
- 2:40the
- 2:41past.
- 2:42Number
- 2:42two,
- 2:43you
- 2:43overanalyze
- 2:44people's
- 2:44tone,
- 2:45text,
- 2:45or
- 2:45behavior.
- 2:46This
- 2:46one
- 2:46is
- 2:47so
- 2:47common
- 2:48so
- 2:48someone
- 2:48sends
- 2:49a
- 2:49short
- 2:49text,
- 2:49someone
- 2:50seems
- 2:50a
- 2:50little
- 2:50off,
- 2:51someone
- 2:51doesn't
- 2:51respond
- 2:52right
- 2:52away,
- 2:52someone's
- 2:53tone
- 2:53changes
- 2:54just
- 2:54a
- 2:54bit.
- 2:55Suddenly
- 2:56your
- 2:56brain
- 2:56is
- 2:57literally
- 2:57off
- 2:57to
- 2:57the
- 2:57races.
- 2:58These
- 2:59are
- 2:59the
- 2:59things
- 2:59that
- 2:59might
- 2:59go
- 3:00through
- 3:00your
- 3:00head.
- 3:00So
- 3:01I
- 3:01want
- 3:01you
- 3:01to
- 3:01let
- 3:01me
- 3:01know
- 3:02if
- 3:02this
- 3:02resonates
- 3:02with
- 3:03you.
- 3:03What
- 3:03did
- 3:03I
- 3:03do?
- 3:04Are
- 3:04they
- 3:04mad?
- 3:05Did
- 3:05I
- 3:05say
- 3:05something
- 3:05wrong?
- 3:06Are
- 3:06they
- 3:06pulling
- 3:06away?
- 3:07Do
- 3:07I
- 3:07need
- 3:07to
- 3:07fix
- 3:08this?
- 3:08And
- 3:08here's
- 3:09the
- 3:09thing.
- 3:10You
- 3:10probably
- 3:11got
- 3:11really,
- 3:12good
- 3:12at
- 3:12reading
- 3:12people.
- 3:13You
- 3:13may
- 3:14be
- 3:14the
- 3:14person
- 3:14who
- 3:14can
- 3:14walk
- 3:15into
- 3:15a
- 3:15room
- 3:15and
- 3:16instantly
- 3:16feel
- 3:16the
- 3:16energy.
- 3:17You
- 3:17might
- 3:18even
- 3:18be
- 3:18the
- 3:18person
- 3:18who
- 3:19can
- 3:19tell
- 3:19when
- 3:19someone
- 3:19is
- 3:20upset
- 3:20before
- 3:20they
- 3:20even
- 3:21say
- 3:21anything.
- 3:22You
- 3:22may
- 3:22be
- 3:22the
- 3:23person
- 3:23who
- 3:23notices
- 3:23the
- 3:24smallest
- 3:24shift
- 3:24in
- 3:24tone
- 3:25or
- 3:25body
- 3:25language.
- 3:26And
- 3:27a
- 3:27lot
- 3:27of
- 3:27times
- 3:27people
- 3:28call
- 3:28that
- 3:28intuition.
- 3:29Sometimes
- 3:30it
- 3:30is
- 3:30intuition,
- 3:31but
- 3:31sometimes
- 3:32it's
- 3:32a
- 3:33nervous
- 3:33system
- 3:33that
- 3:33learned
- 3:34to
- 3:34survive
- 3:34by
- 3:34reading
- 3:34the
- 3:35room.
- 3:35Because
- 3:36if
- 3:36you
- 3:36grew
- 3:36up
- 3:36in
- 3:36those
- 3:37homes
- 3:37where
- 3:37moods
- 3:38mattered,
- 3:38where
- 3:38tone
- 3:39mattered,
- 3:39where
- 3:39one
- 3:40look
- 3:40could
- 3:40mean
- 3:40something
- 3:40was
- 3:41about
- 3:41to
- 3:41happen,
- 3:42then
- 3:42your
- 3:42body
- 3:42learned
- 3:43to
- 3:43decode
- 3:44subtle
- 3:44cues
- 3:44fast.
- 3:45That
- 3:46was
- 3:46protective
- 3:46then.
- 3:47But
- 3:47what
- 3:48about
- 3:48now?
- 3:49Literally
- 3:49now
- 3:50it
- 3:50can
- 3:50make
- 3:50everyday
- 3:51relationships
- 3:51feel
- 3:52exhausting.
- 3:53Now
- 3:53your
- 3:53body
- 3:54reacts
- 3:54to
- 3:54uncertainty
- 3:55like
- 3:55it's
- 3:55danger,
- 3:56and
- 3:57again,
- 3:57that's
- 3:57not
- 3:57because
- 3:58you're
- 3:58weak,
- 3:59it's
- 3:59because
- 3:59your
- 3:59body
- 3:59got
- 4:00really
- 4:00skilled
- 4:00at
- 4:01pattern
- 4:01detection.
- 4:02Number
- 4:03three,
- 4:04you
- 4:04feel
- 4:04responsible
- 4:05for
- 4:05other
- 4:06people's
- 4:06emotions.
- 4:07This
- 4:07one
- 4:08can
- 4:08look
- 4:08like
- 4:08being
- 4:09the
- 4:09helpful
- 4:10one.
- 4:10If
- 4:11someone
- 4:11is
- 4:11upset,
- 4:11you
- 4:12feel
- 4:12it.
- 4:12If
- 4:12someone
- 4:12is
- 4:13quiet,
- 4:13you
- 4:13notice
- 4:14it.
- 4:14If
- 4:14someone
- 4:14is
- 4:14disappointed,
- 4:15frustrated,
- 4:16withdrawn,
- 4:16angry,
- 4:17overwhelmed,
- 4:18you
- 4:18don't
- 4:18just
- 4:18observe
- 4:19it.
- 4:19But
- 4:19no.
- 4:20If
- 4:20you
- 4:20grew
- 4:21up
- 4:21like
- 4:21this,
- 4:21what
- 4:21happens
- 4:22is
- 4:22you
- 4:22jump
- 4:23in
- 4:23and
- 4:23you
- 4:23feel
- 4:23like
- 4:23you
- 4:24need
- 4:24to
- 4:24do
- 4:24something
- 4:24about
- 4:25it.
- 4:25You
- 4:25might
- 4:26try
- 4:26to
- 4:26fix
- 4:26it.
- 4:26You
- 4:27might
- 4:27try
- 4:27to
- 4:27smooth
- 4:27it
- 4:27over.
- 4:28Make
- 4:28conversation
- 4:29lighter.
- 4:29Explain
- 4:30yourself
- 4:31over,
- 4:31give
- 4:31over,
- 4:32accommodate,
- 4:32over
- 4:33function.
- 4:34And
- 4:34a
- 4:34lot
- 4:34of
- 4:34people
- 4:34think
- 4:35this
- 4:35means
- 4:35they're
- 4:35just
- 4:35being
- 4:36caring.
- 4:37And
- 4:37yes,
- 4:38you
- 4:38probably
- 4:38are
- 4:38caring,
- 4:39but
- 4:40for
- 4:40many
- 4:40people
- 4:40this
- 4:41goes
- 4:41much
- 4:41deeper
- 4:41than
- 4:42kindness.
- 4:42This
- 4:43is
- 4:43what
- 4:43happens
- 4:43when
- 4:43your
- 4:43nervous
- 4:44system
- 4:44learned
- 4:44that
- 4:44other
- 4:45people's
- 4:45emotional
- 4:45states
- 4:46affected
- 4:47your
- 4:47safety.
- 4:48So
- 4:48if
- 4:48mom
- 4:49was
- 4:49in
- 4:49a
- 4:49good
- 4:49mood,
- 4:49if
- 4:50Dad
- 4:50came
- 4:50home
- 4:50angry,
- 4:51if
- 4:51disconnection
- 4:52meant
- 4:52punishment,
- 4:53then
- 4:54your
- 4:54body
- 4:54learned
- 4:55a
- 4:55specific
- 4:55message,
- 4:56and
- 4:56that
- 4:57is,
- 4:57I
- 4:57need
- 4:57to
- 4:57manage
- 4:58the
- 4:58emotional
- 4:59environment
- 4:59around
- 5:00me.
- 5:00This
- 5:00is
- 5:01survival.
- 5:02That's
- 5:02not
- 5:02being
- 5:03you.
- 5:03That's
- 5:04your
- 5:04system
- 5:04trying
- 5:04to
- 5:04prevent
- 5:05pain
- 5:06before
- 5:06it
- 5:06happens.
- 5:07Unfortunately,
- 5:08over
- 5:08time
- 5:09what
- 5:09happens
- 5:09is
- 5:09it
- 5:09creates
- 5:10a
- 5:10very
- 5:10exhausting
- 5:11pattern
- 5:12where
- 5:12you
- 5:12stop
- 5:12asking,
- 5:13what
- 5:13do
- 5:13I
- 5:13need?
- 5:14You
- 5:14start
- 5:15living
- 5:15in
- 5:15this,
- 5:16what
- 5:16do
- 5:16they
- 5:16need
- 5:16so
- 5:17that
- 5:17everything
- 5:17stays
- 5:18okay.
- 5:18Mentality.
- 5:20That
- 5:20is
- 5:20not
- 5:20peace,
- 5:21that
- 5:21is
- 5:22survival,
- 5:22dressed
- 5:23up
- 5:23as
- 5:23helpfulness.
- 5:25And
- 5:25I
- 5:25know
- 5:25that
- 5:25sounds
- 5:26so
- 5:26crazy,
- 5:26but
- 5:27I
- 5:27know
- 5:27some
- 5:28of
- 5:28you
- 5:28can
- 5:28resonate
- 5:29with
- 5:29this
- 5:29so
- 5:29much.
- 5:30It's,
- 5:30it's
- 5:31just
- 5:31being
- 5:31completely
- 5:32dependent
- 5:32on
- 5:32other
- 5:33people's
- 5:33emotions
- 5:33for
- 5:33your
- 5:34own
- 5:34happiness.
- 5:35Number
- 5:35four,
- 5:37you
- 5:37struggle
- 5:38to
- 5:38trust
- 5:38calm.
- 5:40This
- 5:40one
- 5:40is
- 5:40really
- 5:41sneaky.
- 5:43If
- 5:43I
- 5:43asked
- 5:43you
- 5:43what
- 5:43you'd
- 5:44want,
- 5:44you'd
- 5:44probably
- 5:44say,
- 5:45I
- 5:45want
- 5:45peace.
- 5:45I
- 5:45want
- 5:46calm,
- 5:46I
- 5:46want
- 5:46stability.
- 5:47I
- 5:47want
- 5:47consistency.
- 5:48I
- 5:48want
- 5:49healthy
- 5:49love.
- 5:50I
- 5:50want
- 5:50all
- 5:50of
- 5:50those
- 5:51things.
- 5:51That's
- 5:51what
- 5:51you
- 5:52want.
- 5:53But
- 5:53then
- 5:53what
- 5:54hap
- 5:54happens
- 5:55when
- 5:55things
- 5:56are
- 5:56a
- 5:56little
- 5:56calm?
- 5:57When
- 5:57someone
- 5:58is
- 5:58steady,
- 5:58when
- 5:58there's
- 5:59no
- 5:59drama,
- 5:59there's
- 6:00no
- 6:00yelling,
- 6:00no
- 6:00one
- 6:00is
- 6:01pulling
- 6:01away.
- 6:03When
- 6:03things
- 6:03actually
- 6:04start
- 6:04to
- 6:04feel
- 6:05a
- 6:05little
- 6:05kind
- 6:05of
- 6:05normal,
- 6:06you
- 6:06start
- 6:07feeling
- 6:07weird.
- 6:08You
- 6:08get
- 6:08restless,
- 6:09you
- 6:09get
- 6:09uncomfortable,
- 6:10you
- 6:10get
- 6:10bored,
- 6:10you
- 6:10get
- 6:11suspicious
- 6:12like
- 6:12there's
- 6:12something
- 6:12missing
- 6:13in
- 6:13your
- 6:13life.
- 6:13That
- 6:13is
- 6:14why
- 6:14a
- 6:14lot
- 6:14of
- 6:15people
- 6:15that
- 6:15grew
- 6:15up
- 6:15in
- 6:15chaos
- 6:16are
- 6:16literally
- 6:17addicted
- 6:17to
- 6:17trauma.
- 6:18feel
- 6:18like
- 6:19something
- 6:19big
- 6:19is
- 6:19about
- 6:20to
- 6:20happen.
- 6:21And
- 6:21Dr.
- 6:21Tracy
- 6:22talked
- 6:22about
- 6:22this
- 6:22too,
- 6:23how
- 6:23someone
- 6:23can
- 6:24be
- 6:24attracted
- 6:24to
- 6:24what
- 6:25is
- 6:25familiar,
- 6:25even
- 6:26if
- 6:26what
- 6:26is
- 6:26familiar
- 6:27is
- 6:27emotionally
- 6:28unhealthy
- 6:29because
- 6:29the
- 6:29body
- 6:29is
- 6:30conditioned
- 6:32to
- 6:32activation.
- 6:33So
- 6:34Healthy
- 6:34can
- 6:34feel
- 6:34boring,
- 6:35calm,
- 6:35can
- 6:36feel
- 6:36suspicious.
- 6:37can
- 6:37feel
- 6:37unfamiliar,
- 6:39and
- 6:39that's
- 6:39such
- 6:39an
- 6:39important
- 6:40word
- 6:40here.
- 6:41Unfamiliar,
- 6:43not
- 6:43wrong,
- 6:43not
- 6:44bad,
- 6:45not
- 6:45even
- 6:45unsafe.
- 6:46Just
- 6:47unfamiliar.
- 6:49I
- 6:49know
- 6:49my
- 6:49very
- 6:50first
- 6:50peaceful
- 6:50and,
- 6:51and
- 6:51stable
- 6:52relationship.
- 6:54Felt
- 6:54so
- 6:55weird
- 6:55to
- 6:56me.
- 6:56It
- 6:56was
- 6:56like
- 6:56I
- 6:56was
- 6:56waiting
- 6:57for
- 6:57something
- 6:57bad
- 6:58to
- 6:58happen.
- 6:58I
- 6:58was
- 6:58waiting
- 6:59for
- 6:59the
- 6:59next
- 6:59bad
- 6:59thing.
- 7:00I
- 7:00was
- 7:00waiting
- 7:00for
- 7:00that
- 7:00snarky
- 7:01comment,
- 7:02and
- 7:02I
- 7:02just
- 7:02kept
- 7:02waiting
- 7:03and
- 7:03it
- 7:03never
- 7:03came,
- 7:05but
- 7:05it
- 7:05just
- 7:05felt
- 7:05very
- 7:06uncomfortable.
- 7:07Honestly,
- 7:08if
- 7:08your
- 7:08body
- 7:09grew
- 7:09up
- 7:10equating
- 7:10intensity
- 7:11with
- 7:12connection,
- 7:12drama
- 7:13with
- 7:13aliveness,
- 7:14unpredictability,
- 7:15with
- 7:16love,
- 7:17and
- 7:17of
- 7:17course
- 7:18it
- 7:18makes
- 7:18total
- 7:19sense,
- 7:19that
- 7:19calm
- 7:20is
- 7:20going
- 7:20to
- 7:20feel
- 7:20a
- 7:20little
- 7:21strange.
- 7:21So
- 7:22if
- 7:22you
- 7:22struggle
- 7:22to
- 7:22trust
- 7:23calm,
- 7:23don't
- 7:23shame
- 7:24yourself
- 7:24for
- 7:24that.
- 7:25Just
- 7:25understand
- 7:26your
- 7:26nervous
- 7:27system
- 7:27may
- 7:27still
- 7:27be
- 7:28learning
- 7:28that
- 7:28peace
- 7:28is
- 7:29not
- 7:29a
- 7:29trap.
- 7:30Not
- 7:30everything
- 7:31is
- 7:31bad,
- 7:31not
- 7:31everything.
- 7:32There's
- 7:32not
- 7:33a
- 7:33bad
- 7:33thing
- 7:33after
- 7:34every
- 7:34good
- 7:34thing.
- 7:35So
- 7:36just
- 7:36learn
- 7:36to
- 7:37sit
- 7:37with
- 7:37that
- 7:37for
- 7:37a
- 7:37minute.
- 7:38So
- 7:39the
- 7:39last
- 7:39one
- 7:40I'm
- 7:40gonna
- 7:40talk
- 7:40about
- 7:40is
- 7:41that
- 7:41you
- 7:41question
- 7:41yourself
- 7:42constantly.
- 7:43This
- 7:43one
- 7:44runs
- 7:44very
- 7:45deep.
- 7:46You
- 7:46don't
- 7:46trust
- 7:46yourself.
- 7:47You
- 7:47second
- 7:47guess
- 7:47your
- 7:48reactions.
- 7:48You
- 7:48second
- 7:49guess
- 7:49your
- 7:49words.
- 7:50You
- 7:50second
- 7:50guess
- 7:50your
- 7:50decisions.
- 7:51You
- 7:52replay
- 7:52conversations
- 7:53in
- 7:53your
- 7:53head
- 7:53over
- 7:54and
- 7:54over
- 7:54and
- 7:55over
- 7:55again.
- 7:56You
- 7:56wonder
- 7:56if
- 7:56you're
- 7:57the
- 7:57problem.
- 7:57You
- 7:57wonder
- 7:58if
- 7:58you
- 7:58took
- 7:58it
- 7:58the
- 7:58wrong
- 7:59way.
- 7:59You
- 7:59wonder
- 7:59if
- 7:59maybe
- 8:00you're
- 8:00just
- 8:00too
- 8:00sensitive.
- 8:01And
- 8:01what
- 8:01that
- 8:02does
- 8:02over
- 8:02time
- 8:03is
- 8:04erodes
- 8:05self-trust.
- 8:06You
- 8:06stop
- 8:06learning
- 8:07to
- 8:07listen
- 8:07to
- 8:08your
- 8:08own
- 8:08instincts.
- 8:09You
- 8:09stop
- 8:09trusting
- 8:10what
- 8:10you
- 8:10feel.
- 8:10You
- 8:10stop
- 8:11trusting
- 8:11what
- 8:11you
- 8:11know
- 8:12and
- 8:12why
- 8:13does
- 8:13this
- 8:13happen?
- 8:14If
- 8:15you
- 8:15grew
- 8:15up
- 8:15in
- 8:15an
- 8:15environment
- 8:16where
- 8:16your
- 8:16emotions
- 8:16were
- 8:16dismissed,
- 8:17minimized,
- 8:18mocked,
- 8:18invalidated,
- 8:19or
- 8:19turned
- 8:19back
- 8:20around
- 8:20on
- 8:20you,
- 8:21then
- 8:21you
- 8:21learn
- 8:22not
- 8:22to
- 8:22trust
- 8:22your
- 8:22inner
- 8:23experience.
- 8:24So
- 8:24now,
- 8:24instead
- 8:25of
- 8:25saying,
- 8:25that
- 8:25hurt
- 8:26me,
- 8:27you
- 8:27say,
- 8:27maybe
- 8:28I'm
- 8:28overreacting.
- 8:29Instead
- 8:29of
- 8:29saying,
- 8:30that
- 8:30didn't
- 8:30feel
- 8:30right,
- 8:31you
- 8:31say,
- 8:31maybe
- 8:31I'm
- 8:32just
- 8:32making
- 8:32too
- 8:32big
- 8:32a
- 8:32deal
- 8:33out
- 8:33of
- 8:33this.
- 8:34This
- 8:34is
- 8:34what
- 8:34happens
- 8:34when
- 8:34your
- 8:35real
- 8:35reality
- 8:36has
- 8:36been
- 8:36challenged
- 8:36for
- 8:37too
- 8:37long.
- 8:38You
- 8:38become
- 8:38disconnected
- 8:39from
- 8:39your
- 8:39own
- 8:39knowing,
- 8:40and
- 8:41that
- 8:41disconnect
- 8:41can
- 8:41follow
- 8:42you
- 8:42for
- 8:42years
- 8:43if
- 8:43you
- 8:43don't
- 8:43start
- 8:43rebuilding
- 8:43trust
- 8:44with
- 8:44yourself.
- 8:45None
- 8:45of
- 8:45these
- 8:45signs
- 8:46mean
- 8:46something
- 8:46is
- 8:47wrong
- 8:47with
- 8:47you.
- 8:48They
- 8:48mean
- 8:48your
- 8:48nervous
- 8:49system
- 8:49adapted
- 8:49really
- 8:50well
- 8:50to
- 8:50an
- 8:50environment
- 8:51that
- 8:51didn't
- 8:51feel
- 8:51safe.
- 8:52That's
- 8:52what
- 8:52survival
- 8:53mode
- 8:53is.
- 8:54It's
- 8:54not
- 8:54weakness,
- 8:54it's
- 8:55not
- 8:55brokenness,
- 8:56it's
- 8:56not
- 8:56failure.
- 8:57It's
- 8:57adaptation.
- 8:58This
- 8:58is
- 8:59exactly
- 8:59why
- 8:59the
- 8:59comfort,
- 9:00and
- 9:01this
- 9:01is
- 9:01exactly
- 9:01why
- 9:02that
- 9:02conversation
- 9:02with
- 9:02Dr.
- 9:03Tracy
- 9:03Hutchinson
- 9:04mattered
- 9:04so
- 9:04much.
- 9:05Because
- 9:06once
- 9:06you
- 9:06can
- 9:06name
- 9:06the
- 9:07pattern,
- 9:07you
- 9:08stop
- 9:08personalizing
- 9:09it.
- 9:09You
- 9:09stop
- 9:10saying
- 9:10what's
- 9:10wrong
- 9:10with
- 9:10me?
- 9:11And
- 9:11you
- 9:11start
- 9:11saying,
- 9:12oh,
- 9:12this
- 9:13makes
- 9:13sense.
- 9:14And
- 9:14that
- 9:14shift
- 9:15right
- 9:15there
- 9:15where
- 9:15you
- 9:15start
- 9:16questioning
- 9:16it
- 9:16and
- 9:17being
- 9:17curious
- 9:17instead
- 9:18of
- 9:18judging
- 9:18yourself,
- 9:19that
- 9:19is
- 9:20the
- 9:20shift
- 9:20that
- 9:20needs
- 9:21to
- 9:21start
- 9:22happening.
- 9:22That's
- 9:22huge
- 9:23because
- 9:24you
- 9:24cannot
- 9:24change
- 9:24a
- 9:24pattern
- 9:25that
- 9:25you're
- 9:25still
- 9:26shaming.
- 9:27So
- 9:27now
- 9:27I
- 9:27wanna
- 9:28give
- 9:28you
- 9:28that
- 9:28practical
- 9:29tool,
- 9:29and
- 9:29the
- 9:29next
- 9:30time
- 9:30one
- 9:30of
- 9:30these
- 9:31signs
- 9:31shows
- 9:31up,
- 9:32the
- 9:32next
- 9:32time
- 9:32your
- 9:32body
- 9:33tightens,
- 9:33your
- 9:33thoughts
- 9:34start
- 9:34spiral,
- 9:35spiraling,
- 9:35and
- 9:35that
- 9:36old
- 9:36pattern
- 9:36kicks
- 9:36in.
- 9:37I
- 9:37do
- 9:38not
- 9:38want
- 9:38your
- 9:39first
- 9:39question
- 9:39to
- 9:39be
- 9:40what's
- 9:40wrong
- 9:40with
- 9:40me.
- 9:41Instead,
- 9:42I
- 9:42want
- 9:42you
- 9:43to
- 9:43pause
- 9:43and
- 9:43ask
- 9:44what
- 9:44does
- 9:44my
- 9:45body
- 9:45think
- 9:45is
- 9:45happening
- 9:46right
- 9:46now?
- 9:48Not
- 9:48what
- 9:48is
- 9:48actually
- 9:48happening?
- 9:49What
- 9:49does
- 9:50your
- 9:50body
- 9:50think
- 9:51is
- 9:51happening?
- 9:52And
- 9:52let
- 9:52the
- 9:52answer
- 9:52come
- 9:53up.
- 9:53Maybe
- 9:53it's,
- 9:54I'm
- 9:54being
- 9:54rejected,
- 9:55I'm
- 9:55being
- 9:55ignored.
- 9:56I'm
- 9:56about
- 9:56to
- 9:56get
- 9:57in
- 9:57trouble.
- 9:57I'm
- 9:57about
- 9:57to
- 9:57get
- 9:58abandoned.
- 9:58I
- 9:58did
- 9:58something
- 9:59wrong.
- 9:59I
- 9:59don't
- 9:59feel
- 10:00safe.
- 10:01And
- 10:01then
- 10:02ask
- 10:02yourself,
- 10:03what
- 10:03is
- 10:03actually
- 10:04true
- 10:05right
- 10:05now?
- 10:06Now
- 10:06this
- 10:07is
- 10:07the
- 10:07moment
- 10:07I
- 10:07really
- 10:07wanna
- 10:08slow
- 10:08things
- 10:08down
- 10:08because
- 10:09most
- 10:09of
- 10:09the
- 10:09time
- 10:10you
- 10:10don't
- 10:10actually
- 10:11know.
- 10:12And
- 10:13that's
- 10:13an
- 10:13important
- 10:14part
- 10:15and
- 10:15a
- 10:15place
- 10:15to
- 10:15sit
- 10:16for
- 10:16just
- 10:16a
- 10:16second.
- 10:17Your
- 10:18brain
- 10:18hates,
- 10:18I
- 10:19don't
- 10:19know,
- 10:20your
- 10:20survival
- 10:21brain.
- 10:21It
- 10:21wants
- 10:22certainty.
- 10:23It
- 10:23wants
- 10:23to
- 10:23rush
- 10:24in
- 10:24and
- 10:24finish
- 10:25the
- 10:25story.
- 10:26It
- 10:26wants
- 10:26to
- 10:26take
- 10:26your
- 10:26past
- 10:27and
- 10:27paste
- 10:27it
- 10:28right
- 10:28into
- 10:28the
- 10:28present.
- 10:29It
- 10:29wants
- 10:30to
- 10:30say
- 10:31they're
- 10:31mad.
- 10:31I
- 10:31knew
- 10:32it.
- 10:32See,
- 10:33this
- 10:33always
- 10:33happens.
- 10:34I
- 10:34need
- 10:34to
- 10:34do
- 10:34something
- 10:35right
- 10:35now.
- 10:36It
- 10:36wants
- 10:36an
- 10:36answer.
- 10:37But
- 10:37when
- 10:38you
- 10:38slow
- 10:38down
- 10:39and
- 10:39you
- 10:39pause
- 10:40and
- 10:40you
- 10:41allow
- 10:41that
- 10:42question,
- 10:42I
- 10:42don't
- 10:43actually
- 10:43know
- 10:44or
- 10:45I
- 10:45don't
- 10:45know
- 10:45what
- 10:45happened.
- 10:47You
- 10:47create
- 10:48space,
- 10:49and
- 10:49that
- 10:49space
- 10:50is
- 10:50where
- 10:50you
- 10:50heal,
- 10:52because
- 10:52in
- 10:52that
- 10:52space
- 10:53is
- 10:53where
- 10:53you
- 10:54interrupt
- 10:54the
- 10:54automatic
- 10:55pattern.
- 10:55You
- 10:56stop
- 10:56reacting
- 10:56as
- 10:56if
- 10:57the
- 10:57past
- 10:57is
- 10:57happening
- 10:57again.
- 10:58You
- 10:58begin
- 10:59separating
- 10:59what
- 11:00your
- 11:00body
- 11:00learned
- 11:01then
- 11:02from
- 11:02what
- 11:02may
- 11:02or
- 11:03may
- 11:03not
- 11:03be
- 11:03happening
- 11:04now,
- 11:06and
- 11:06that
- 11:06is
- 11:06where
- 11:06healing
- 11:07starts.
- 11:08spiritually
- 11:09bypassing
- 11:09your
- 11:10emotions,
- 11:11but
- 11:11in
- 11:11pausing
- 11:11long
- 11:12enough
- 11:12to
- 11:12say,
- 11:13my
- 11:13body
- 11:14is
- 11:14telling
- 11:14me
- 11:14a
- 11:14story
- 11:15right
- 11:15now.
- 11:16Let
- 11:16me
- 11:16see
- 11:16if
- 11:17it's
- 11:17actually
- 11:17true
- 11:18in
- 11:18this
- 11:18moment.
- 11:19That
- 11:19is
- 11:19super
- 11:20powerful.
- 11:21Let's
- 11:21say
- 11:21someone
- 11:22doesn't
- 11:22text
- 11:22you
- 11:22back.
- 11:22When
- 11:23you
- 11:23text
- 11:23them,
- 11:23you
- 11:23feel
- 11:24the
- 11:24anxiety
- 11:24rise.
- 11:25Your
- 11:25chest
- 11:25gets
- 11:25tight,
- 11:26your
- 11:26thoughts
- 11:27start
- 11:27running.
- 11:28Now,
- 11:28instead
- 11:29of
- 11:29chasing,
- 11:29assuming
- 11:30overexplaining
- 11:30or
- 11:31spiraling,
- 11:31you're
- 11:31gonna
- 11:32pause.
- 11:33You're
- 11:33gonna
- 11:33ask,
- 11:34what
- 11:34does
- 11:34my
- 11:35body
- 11:35think
- 11:35is
- 11:35happening
- 11:36right
- 11:36now?
- 11:38And
- 11:38the
- 11:38answer
- 11:38might
- 11:39be,
- 11:39I'm
- 11:40being
- 11:40ignored.
- 11:41I
- 11:41did
- 11:41something
- 11:42wrong.
- 11:42I'm
- 11:42not
- 11:43important.
- 11:44Then
- 11:44ask
- 11:45yourself,
- 11:45is
- 11:46that
- 11:46actually
- 11:46true
- 11:46right
- 11:47now?
- 11:48And
- 11:48the
- 11:48answer
- 11:49might
- 11:49be.
- 11:50I
- 11:50don't
- 11:50actually
- 11:50know.
- 11:52That
- 11:52doesn't
- 11:52magically
- 11:53make
- 11:53that
- 11:53feeling
- 11:53disappear,
- 11:54but
- 11:54it
- 11:54slows
- 11:55the
- 11:55pattern
- 11:56down.
- 11:57It
- 11:57takes
- 11:57you
- 11:57outta
- 11:57certainty
- 11:58and
- 11:58puts
- 11:58you
- 11:58back
- 11:59into
- 11:59presence.
- 12:00And
- 12:01that
- 12:01pause,
- 12:02that
- 12:02is
- 12:02where
- 12:02your
- 12:02power
- 12:03comes
- 12:03back.
- 12:04this
- 12:05is
- 12:05why
- 12:05I
- 12:05wanted
- 12:05to
- 12:05do
- 12:05Tammy's
- 12:06take.
- 12:07Dr.
- 12:07Tracy
- 12:07gave
- 12:08such
- 12:08a
- 12:08powerful
- 12:09framework
- 12:09for
- 12:09understanding
- 12:10high
- 12:10conflicting
- 12:11parenting,
- 12:12emotional
- 12:12invalidation,
- 12:13and
- 12:13how
- 12:13these
- 12:14patterns
- 12:14form.
- 12:15Now,
- 12:15what
- 12:15I
- 12:15wanted
- 12:16to
- 12:16do
- 12:16was
- 12:16to
- 12:16bring
- 12:16that
- 12:17into
- 12:17the
- 12:17right
- 12:17now
- 12:18real
- 12:18life
- 12:18moment,
- 12:19because
- 12:19the
- 12:19work
- 12:20is
- 12:20not
- 12:20just
- 12:20about
- 12:20insight.
- 12:21It's
- 12:21about
- 12:22catching
- 12:22the
- 12:22pattern
- 12:22while
- 12:23it's
- 12:23happening.
- 12:24It's
- 12:24about
- 12:24learning
- 12:24how
- 12:24to
- 12:24support
- 12:25your
- 12:25body
- 12:25in
- 12:25real
- 12:25time.
- 12:26It's
- 12:26about
- 12:27moving
- 12:27from,
- 12:27I'm
- 12:28broken
- 12:29to,
- 12:29my
- 12:30body
- 12:30learns
- 12:30something,
- 12:31and
- 12:31now
- 12:31I
- 12:31can
- 12:32teach
- 12:32it
- 12:32something
- 12:33new.
- 12:34So
- 12:34this
- 12:34is
- 12:34kind
- 12:34of
- 12:34the
- 12:34work
- 12:35that
- 12:35I
- 12:35do
- 12:35with
- 12:35my
- 12:35clients
- 12:36every
- 12:36single
- 12:36day.
- 12:37Not
- 12:37just
- 12:37helping
- 12:37you
- 12:37understand
- 12:38your
- 12:38patterns,
- 12:39but
- 12:39helping
- 12:39you
- 12:39shift
- 12:40what
- 12:40happens
- 12:40in
- 12:40your
- 12:41body
- 12:41when
- 12:41the
- 12:41pattern
- 12:42shows
- 12:42up.
- 12:43So
- 12:43if
- 12:43you're
- 12:43listening
- 12:43to
- 12:43this
- 12:44and
- 12:44you're
- 12:44thinking,
- 12:44okay,
- 12:45this
- 12:45is
- 12:45definitely
- 12:45me,
- 12:46then
- 12:46your
- 12:47next
- 12:47step
- 12:47is
- 12:47simple.
- 12:48You
- 12:48can
- 12:48book
- 12:48a
- 12:49con
- 12:49call,
- 12:49and
- 12:49we
- 12:49can
- 12:50walk
- 12:50through
- 12:50what's
- 12:50really
- 12:50happening
- 12:51for
- 12:51you
- 12:51in
- 12:51real
- 12:51time.
- 12:52Or
- 12:52if
- 12:52you
- 12:52wanna
- 12:53go
- 12:53even
- 12:53to
- 12:53deeper
- 12:54into
- 12:54what
- 12:54your
- 12:54body
- 12:55may
- 12:55be
- 12:55holding
- 12:55onto,
- 12:56you
- 12:56can
- 12:56get
- 12:56a
- 12:56complimentary
- 12:57voice
- 12:57scan
- 12:57and
- 12:57start
- 12:58identifying
- 12:58the
- 12:58patterns
- 12:59from
- 12:59another
- 12:59angle.
- 13:00Most
- 13:00importantly,
- 13:02your
- 13:02nervous
- 13:02system
- 13:02is
- 13:03not
- 13:03broken.
- 13:04It's
- 13:04been
- 13:04protecting
- 13:05you.
- 13:05Now,
- 13:06we
- 13:06just
- 13:06need
- 13:06to
- 13:07teach
- 13:07it
- 13:07something
- 13:07new,
- 13:08and
- 13:08I
- 13:08hope
- 13:08you
- 13:09can
- 13:09come
- 13:09along
- 13:09on
- 13:09this
- 13:09journey
- 13:10and
- 13:10do
- 13:10that
- 13:10with
- 13:10me.
- 13:11Until
- 13:11the
- 13:11next
- 13:11one.
- 13:12Take
- 13:12care
- 13:12and
- 13:13have
- 13:13a
- 13:13blessed
- 13:13day.