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When you realize you've absorbed your toxic ex's anxious behaviors

I catch myself checking whether doors are locked the exact number of times he used to and I hate that his anxiety became mine.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Prolonged exposure to another's nervous system dysregulation can create lasting changes in our own regulatory patterns.

Ideas that help explain it
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