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@Birdofparadise8 wrote:

How do I stop my brain from screaming 'fire.' 

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Everyone is different so there's not one way to 'fix' it, but I think a lot of it is related to teaching the stress response to chill out. We're experiential learners to the only way to learn that a triggering event is actually not a threat to our survival is to repeatedly expose ourselves to the trigger and learn how to manage the resulting stress response with self-soothing. But we need to be in a safe space to be able to do so. Have a look into Exposure Therapy if you wanna know more. You could also potentially benefit from reading the book The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk - cos it's not just about the mind, but about our physical responses as well.

Anywho, I'm off for tonight! Hope you have a restful night hun. Don't be too hard on yourself! This stuff takes time.