What a brilliant description. I had an epiphany recently where I realized a sort of inverted version of what you’re describing here. I tend to be aggravated and even aggressive while driving (not road rage, but definitely road grump), and I realized it’s because I’m ALWAYS in a hurry, and then realized I don’t actually have anywhere I have to get by a certain time, it’s a perpetual fight/flight from my childhood growing up in a cult where the world was always just about to end and I was being judged and watched. So I’ve been driven my entire life by this idea that time is running out and something horrible is about to happen, so I better hurry trying to get to safety. Bananas how that shit can drive us for decades and decades and decades. 😳
2026-07-21 03:40:27
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Cali :
Try somatic exercises, I have layers of trauma. It has helped me tremendously
2026-07-21 16:46:11
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peetzapeetza :
TMS helped me soooo much with this! please look into it
2026-07-22 06:18:59
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Bevbass :
63 here, 60 yrs!!! Finally healing!!!
2026-07-21 13:16:18
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deank21 :
Kate you survive , you choose to live. Pack your own parachute. Do not allow anyone else to pack your parachute. Dean
2026-08-02 03:25:23
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jess_short :
This makes all the sense to me 🫣🤯
2026-07-21 11:13:51
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wcs :
Fight or flight is just permanently exhausting
2026-07-21 19:55:25
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Jill Moen792 :
Very profound and eye opening for me!!
2026-07-21 05:05:49
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Ashlee | T1D :
Wow Katie that’s an awesome description. Thank you for helping others understand. The ones who get it, get it.
2026-07-23 00:11:23
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DaniLion :
That’s literally nightmare fuel 😢 you’re so strong. I’m still trying to
2026-07-22 05:12:03
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user6834732164591 :
Ya
2026-07-21 12:03:26
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RACHEL Morris :
😳😳😳😳 this is beyond accurate to me
2026-07-22 05:30:50
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XTina! :
plus add autistic burnout and you've hit a tree 😭💔 but I'll get up again eventually..age 4/5 and now I'm recently 47! thank you for the reminder and encouragement 🙂
2026-07-21 10:31:30
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Mrs. Vicki🇨🇦 :
What a fantastic analogy! I have been recently diagnosed with CPTSD and I too have been I. Fight or flight and I’m stuck. It’s so hard sometimes I’m 56 and I’m tired. 🥰
2026-07-28 21:36:18
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Jessica :
I feel ya. We’re all in this together! You got this 🥰
2026-07-21 05:03:45
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Dave Browning :
Thank you for sharing. Sadly, we do not teach children how to be mindful. They become adults that are unable to process trauma.
2026-07-22 12:40:21
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creegarcia655 :
me for 65 years
2026-07-21 23:59:57
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Chelsey Ehrsam :
same
2026-07-21 19:30:38
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Fee the amputee. :
Wow, I get this. I’ve been like it since I was10, I’m 42. I thought my amputation was the end of me but than I had a cardiac arrest due to hospital negligence, I al,ost died, the amputation was nothing (at the time) I’ve needed to talk to heal and my friend would say I shouldn’t complain to you and I always say why? We all go through hard times, we should talk about it. I love your constant and feel it healing knowing we are all trying. Xxx
2026-07-23 16:50:20
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David 😏 :
It’s crazy right 🫶
2026-07-22 04:34:39
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Dana Galloway :
I needed to hear this message today!!!
2026-07-22 12:41:21
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Jess is Healing :
It robs you of a normal life
2026-07-22 08:59:15
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janeherman11 :
My mom died when I was 7, my dad was an alcoholic I was the youngest of 4. Fight or flight kicked in, then my dad married 6 months later to a woman who had 6 kids. I was 2nd to the youngest. I completely got lost in the shuffle. I’ve been fighting or flight since a kid, I’m now 62… it just sticks with you I guess..
2026-07-21 23:01:29
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Connie ❤️🇨🇦 :
I lived with years of fear that my un-medicaded Bipolar Dad would just show up at my home and hurt me or my children, every day locking the door, every day wondering where he was... Will he just show up and cause pain? The years have been spent in fear.
2026-07-23 23:17:07
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Cathy Martin :
Great description, you are one amazing, intelligent, strong young lady! Stay strong, you can overcome the challenges, keep reminding yourself - you and your son are so worth it!!
2026-07-21 21:53:52
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