Talking about - Getting out of survival mode

This is a follow-up on the blogpost - Getting out of survival mode

For six decades, I lived in a constant state of alertness, always ready to defend myself against some danger that might attack. The thing is, I had no idea I was doing it. To everyone around me, I appeared calm, strong, and self-aware. And I was—but underneath all those coping mechanisms was this underlying layer of fear that I’d never questioned.

A couple of months ago, during a simple walk in the forest, I finally saw the pattern. The same thoughts warning me about dangers. The same automatic reactions. The same alertness activating in every situation. And I realized—I’d been doing this everywhere, all the time, my entire life.

In this episode, I share:

• What survival mode actually feels like and why it’s so hard to recognize

• The coping mechanisms I built to appear calm while living in constant fear

• The childhood moment where this pattern was born

• How I lived with it through my teenage years (on pills for 20 years), building…