@therealniccoy: I named my self-sabotage response Lucy. She activates right before expansion. Tight chest. Overthinking. Sudden urge to delay. It’s not weakness. It’s a threat response. Your brain reads visibility, success, or rejection as danger — and tries to pull you back to what’s familiar. Lucy is outdated protection. And every time you take one small step forward instead of retreating, you retrain her. That surge before you shrink? That’s not failure. That’s growth knocking. #trauma #nervoussystemregulation #fyp #healing #neurospicy