The Raging Tsunami Wave of Fear and Anxiety

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I’ve always had housemates or family around, even though I moved out of home at 18 to study in Melbourne, Australia.
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So being in a huge house all on my own, it brought up some activation in my body.
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​Every time I heard a sound – I felt my body tense.
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​My shoulders jumped up in alarm.
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My heart raced.
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I looked around hurriedly to see if anyone was there.
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​“What’s that thing sitting ther–“
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“Oh. It’s just chair. But it looks like a human. HOW WONDERFUL.”
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​Maybe you’ve experienced this…
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When something triggers an emotion or sensation inside of you, and you’re not entirely sure why.
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It can be rough.
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And hard to understand.
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​Sometimes the smallest things can put you into fight-or-flight mode. ​
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And before you know it, you’re getting dumped over and over again by a tsunami wave of fear and anxiety.
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Sand in your mouth, eyes, and hair.
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Seaweed strangling your neck, gasping for air, wondering if you’ll drown.
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It’s not fun ​
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So why does it happen?
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​Why do certain things trigger fear and anxiety in your body?​
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Because when you’re a child and your fight-or-flight response activates — if you’re not able to process and release the fight-or-flight energy (because it’s not safe, your parent is yelling at you, or you get locked in a room) — then it doesn’t complete.
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So then when you’re an adult, something pushes on it, and it attempts to complete the cycle, years later.
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The story behind it doesn’t really matter. What matters is the physical charge or sensation in your body. The pain that exists there.​
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“The attempt to escape from pain is what creates more pain.” – Gabor Mate

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​All pain wants and needs is expression. To be witnessed. Felt. Heard.​
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And then it will release from your nervous system.
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And this is exactly what happened as I noticed and felt the activation and fear in my body the other night.
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Pretty cool, huh?
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So if you’re finding yourself getting triggered and dumped by the tsunami wave of raging fear and anxiety, it’s ok.
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You’ve got this.
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​Your body has capacity to feel this “stuff”. ​
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And … I’m with you, cheering you on.
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This why I started the Sex, Money & Rage podcast. Because I believe in the power of your nervous system.
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​You can heal yourself. ​
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From the inside out.
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If you want some practical tools to help fast track the process, check out Rageheart.
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Ellie Goode — Host of the Provocative “Sex, Money & Rage“ Podcast, Nervous System Junkie, and Plant Psychonaut 🌿

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