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When Hypervigilance Makes You Over-Prepare for Everything

I obsessively research everyone before I meet them and have backup plans for backup plans because I cannot tolerate being caught off guard by anything.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The mind attempts to create safety through excessive control when the nervous system cannot settle into basic trust.

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