Your Body Knows What You Won't Admit

I once drove forty miles on a Texas highway with absolutely no memory of doing it. Both hands on the wheel. Car between the lines. Somehow alive. And I had no idea it had happened until I came back to consciousness in a neighborhood I did not recognize. That story, and what caused it, is where this episode starts. Because it turns out your body has been keeping a very detailed record of everything that has ever happened to you. It does not care whether you remember it. It does not care whether you have dealt with it. It just keeps the file open and waits.

In this episode I break down why insight is not enough to change you, why you can know exactly what is wrong and still not be able to stop doing it, and what is actually happening inside your brain when you get triggered. I also introduce the four survival responses, fight, flight, freeze, and fawn, and help you figure out which one has been running your life without asking your permission. If you have ever felt hijacked by your own nervous system, this one is for you. Buckle up. Or don't. Your body is going to do what it wants either way.

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