Strong Flight Response

[TxGypsy]

I have this constant need/urge to move. I travel constantly. If there is a stressor in my life I MUST leave. There are many months where I'm away from home more days than I'm here. I often think how nice it would be to be able to be content in my home. I do battle with myself to stay put, but always give in in the end.

Does anyone else experience the flight response to this degree? Any suggestions?

 

[Deleted member 1860]

Have you done DBT before? Rather than acting on those feelings that you must leave to feel ok, you "force" (perhaps too strong of a word) to remain in the moment with the self-talk of "these feelings are tolerable", "these feelings will pass", etc. in effect you're reinforcing the flight feelings by always leaving to feel better.

I think the skill is "distress tolerance".