It's not easy, is it? I decided to see myself as "highly attuned" rather than hypervigilant. 90% of what worried me in my life turned out to be true, and the problem was all the gaslighting. The last ten years have been a string of my sensing what was happening while others denied it, both in my personal life and in the broader world. When the adrenaline and anxiety hits, I now say, "What is actually happening that I sense and everyone else is ignoring or normalizing?" It's been a powerful and healthy shift. The other day I found myself becoming adrenaline-filled, so I just thought, "The world is out of control, I'm surrounded by insanity, and I'm sane, so that's hard." Calmed down immediately. 😆
It's not easy, is it? I decided to see myself as "highly attuned" rather than hypervigilant. 90% of what worried me in my life turned out to be true, and the problem was all the gaslighting. The last ten years have been a string of my sensing what was happening while others denied it, both in my personal life and in the broader world. When the adrenaline and anxiety hits, I now say, "What is actually happening that I sense and everyone else is ignoring or normalizing?" It's been a powerful and healthy shift. The other day I found myself becoming adrenaline-filled, so I just thought, "The world is out of control, I'm surrounded by insanity, and I'm sane, so that's hard." Calmed down immediately. 😆
It is such a trick to separate myself from the chaos. There really is a lot of chaos!!