Your brain has systems that evolved to protect you — not to ask whether a forecast is inconvenient or “unlikely.” The amygdala processes threat before your prefrontal cortex gets a chance to analyze data. That’s why:
-You can feel fear before you have words for it
-You can replay past events as if they’re happening now
-You can prepare over and over without ever feeling safe
#TexasWinterStorm #TraumaInformedSupport #NervousSystemCare #GroundedNotPanicked

https://envisiontherapydfw.com/when-the-forecast-feels-like-a-threat-nervous-system-support-during-texas-winter-storm-emergencies/

So much guidance right now asks for extremes: panic or transcendence.

This week turns toward something more humane. Instead of an emotional off-switch, it practises small, repeatable gestures that soften intensity — noticing, pausing, loosening. Wisdom here doesn’t erase feeling. It creates space within it.

Read the article : https://substack.com/home/post/p-179417144

#DustyDimmerSwitch #Equanimity #NervousSystemCare