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When solitude triggers panic instead of peace

I cannot tolerate being alone with my thoughts for even five minutes without feeling like I want to crawl out of my skin.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The inner child learned that alone meant unsafe, making present-moment awareness feel threatening rather than nourishing.

Ideas that help explain it
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