Always On Edge? Do THIS to Turn Down the Trauma Alarm & Feel Safe Again

The Advisor with Stacey Chillemi · Feb 12, 2026 · 38m

You are not in danger. You know you are not in danger. And your body is acting like you are anyway — jumpy, scanning, braced for something that is not coming, exhausted from being on high alert around the clock. That is not anxiety. That is a nervous system stuck in a physiological loop that willpower and positive thinking were never designed to reach. Dr. Eugene Lipov has spent his career working at exactly that level — the amygdala-driven fight or flight response that keeps trauma alive in the body long after the original threat is gone. What he shares about the difference between PTSD and…