When You Can't Figure Out Why You're Anxious

[Tinyflame]

@SometimesWriter I've wondered for myself if it comes from nightmares not remembered, or physiological responses? (Overnight, eg racing heart?.)

 

[quadratus]

I'm learning that trauma is being stuck in freeze, and anxiety is the norm. Then our brain searches for an outside source for it, and we call that thought or memory the trigger. [from peter levine] This kinda turns conventional thinking on its head, but i think it is true.

 

[SometimesWriter]

@SometimesWriter I've wondered for myself if it comes from nightmares not remembered,...

I think you may be right some of the time, for me I'm a SUPER light sleeper from thinking someone could break in at any minute and I don't want to be caught off guard. Even though that's never happened to me and the bad things that have happened to me weren't carried out by strangers. But I remain "ever vigilant" against that unknown threat, lol.