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Convincing Myself That I Am Safe

Convincing Myself That I Am Safe

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Gina-Marie Cheeseman
Jan 14, 2022
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Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay

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Since my teen years, I have periodically experienced times of Intense anxiety with overwhelming fear. I now know why and what is going on. Something triggers me and my amygdala, the brain’s smoke detector, responds by going into hyper-vigilance mode. I like to describe it as an am…

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