
Flip Your Mindset
Ep 186: Why Anxiety Starts Before We Have Words (Most Don't Realize This) | Nervous System Regulation
<p></p><p>For a really, really long time, I thought anxiety meant something was wrong with me. I thought I was broken, that I had generalized anxiety disorder, and that I was too sensitive, emotional, or tightly wound. But looking back now through a nervous system lens, I see something very differently. I see adaptation, overwhelm, and protective layers.</p><p>To understand this, I want to share a story about a very specific day, January 14, 1984. I had just turned 12 years old, and the next morning, my mom was getting remarried. In isolation, that moment doesn’t seem especially si...






