Episode 267: Clinician's Corner - Can Handle a Crisis, Can't Sit Still
In this month's Clinician's Corner, Molly and Clarissa take a deep dive into the fix response—a lesser-named but incredibly common nervous-system survival strategy that shows up as over-functioning, urgency, problem-solving, and "doing something" to make discomfort go away.
This episode explores why fixing isn't a personality flaw, control issue, or codependency—but a biologically wired, trauma-informed self-preservation response that once helped keep us safe.
Together, we unpack how the fix response shows up in food addiction recovery, relationships, work, parenting, and even helping…
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