How Big Feelings Make Me Want to Fight, Fly, Freeze, and Fawn — All at the Same Time

I’m still learning how to feel my feelings rather than avoid them

I’m still learning how to feel my feelings rather than avoid them.

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My nervous system is fucked right now. I tried to think of another way to say it, but that is simply the most accurate. Big feelings bring out all the reactions in me. I’m experiencing a combination of fight, flight, freeze, and fawn — and I hate it.