Before my healing I’d cycle through all of these depending on the authority or respect I had for a person. I was ready to fight any stranger that looked at me sideways and ready to flee at situations, I couldn’t control myself. While becoming a pleaser to those in my idea of “authority” that I respected, but shouldn’t have. Nowadays I still cycle but in a more discerning way.
I didn’t know the get excited thing was a trick to calm anxiety, but that’s something I do when I fly…
Before my healing I’d cycle through all of these depending on the authority or respect I had for a person. I was ready to fight any stranger that looked at me sideways and ready to flee at situations, I couldn’t control myself. While becoming a pleaser to those in my idea of “authority” that I respected, but shouldn’t have. Nowadays I still cycle but in a more discerning way.
I didn’t know the get excited thing was a trick to calm anxiety, but that’s something I do when I fly…
I love the tools you offer here. Find five objects that are blue, tell myself I'm excited over and over. These are so simple.
I will occasionally freeze when life hits the fan, but mostly I fawn. I don't love being a fawn so am working on it!