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When Stillness Feels Dangerous to Your Nervous System

Every time I try to slow down and be present my skin starts crawling and I have to move or do something or I feel like I will explode.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Hypervigilant nervous systems experience presence as threat due to loss of defensive scanning mechanisms.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Body knowledge and somatic intelligence?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.