Time to talk about perhaps the largest post-traumatic complaint. It’s time for Anxiety. (When isn’t it?) Let’s also chat about those highly related conditions often driven by anxiety… Obsession and Scattered Thinking. The link between all of them that might help you with managing the system? Neutralizing the “high energy” changes they create in your brain and body, plus rewiring that brain to recognize these neural activities are all unwinnable attempts to out-pace a rightfully-assumed-dangerous world. 

“In anxiety, obsession, and ADHD, we try to predict the future based on what we’ve seen in the past. We try to control our world by out-thinking it. Out-preparing for it. Our thoughts move very quickly as our brains make automatic decisions based on existing neural connections. We can’t stop taking compulsive action because our brain never gives the “stop” signal.”

Let’s break down some of the most holistically-debilitating conditions of life on trauma… the “neurotic” end of the energetic scale – Anxiety, OCD, and Unmanageable Thought Patterns. 

Into this approach? It’s just my brain’s way of understanding this CPTSD experience, you won’t find it elsewhere. Check t-mfrs.com to dig into the blogged and visually enhanced versions of these episodes to enhance your info absorption. Check Patreon.com/traumatizedmotherfuckers for a huge backlog of shows on CPTSD and an ever-expanding focus on “managing your neurobiology” topics. And consider the TMFR private discord community if you’re looking for supportive chats on shared recovery resiliencies. 

Remember, your brain is just a neutrally-observing organ, equipped only to learn about your environment in order to predict and react to upcoming events. Oftentimes, its been taught wrong. It’s your job to reframe what’s correct. 

Cheers Fuckers. 

Jess

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