Once in a great while, my sympathetic nervous system chills out & my parasympathetic nervous system kicks in, & it's like coming back to life. I'm filled with emotion & desire & I take real pleasure in things. It rules. But for the life of me, I can't figure out how to stay there
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It's also in those times when my sympathetic nervous system lets up on its routine of vigilance that I feel, on a deep level, the compassion, empathy, and love that I have for others. I mean, I always know they're there, they're a part of me, but they're often obscured or buried.
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I'm so sorry that happens. It sounds like an anxiety feedback loop. Almost like, on some level it's expected to fail (even subconsciously) so a small amount of anxiety remains, keeping yourself in that state of panic.
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It's like the mental trap of TRYING to sleep. The more effort you put in, the more awake you become and on some level you need to let go in order to fall asleep. Cycles like this can take years to get out of and worse, putting in effort doesn't always help.
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Thank you, I'll give it a look!
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When it comes to a lot of these techniques a lot of them are about symptom control, but sometimes theres just something fundamentally unhealthy in the way we feel or think that makes it hard to just supress your feelings. Also this world often reminds us that it sucks.
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When it comes to therapy or medication it might help, but its fundamentally a question of trial and error. Don’t stop looking for a way out of this cycle.
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