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When body memory overrides rational water safety

I cry every time I'm in water deeper than my waist because my body remembers almost drowning as a kid even though my mind says I'm safe

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Trauma lives in the nervous system's relationship to elements that once threatened survival, creating involuntary responses that logic cannot override.

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