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c/trauma·u/priya_nair·17d ago

What does healing from CPTSD actually look like? I feel like I'm going in circles.

I can be safe in a room and my nervous system will not take the memo. I don't even have a clean name for it. I just know it keeps running the day. I'm not trying to collect the wor

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c/anxiety·u/priya_nair·3mo ago

How do I stop my body from being in constant high alert?

It's the background hum that gets me — not one big panic, just never fully off. I don't even have a clean name for it. I just know it keeps running the day. I know the thought isn'

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