if you have CPTSD symptoms, you may have one that you haven't noticed is one, if you have a hard time exercising because you reflexively hold your breath during exertion, wrecking the whole process
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if you do that, ask yourself if it's because it isn't okay to make noise, or isn't okay to draw attention to yourself, or it isn't okay to be seen to be making an effort, or it isn't okay to show what may be interpreted as weakness
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if that is a "oh holy shit goddammit" for you, you of course know yourself best, but i find extremely angry, loud breathing to be a rewarding coping pattern
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Replying to @chaosprime
Jesus H Christ on a pogo stick. Thing is, I've been slowly coming to the realization that I inexplicably hold my breath a lot, but I did NOT
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Replying to @jmatwood @chaosprime
Make the connection. I would have gotten there eventually but you just made a shortcut. It's because SILENCE. Hiding. They can't notice you,
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If they don't notice you then things are better. I hold my breath even when I'm not doing anything and sometimes I have to remind myself to
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Replying to @jmatwood @chaosprime
Breathe, which felt so STUPID to me. But I guess it's not even at all a little stupid.
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nope, it's raw fucking intelligence in fact
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