It just occurred to me - where possible, I have in the past, run away from fears - stress, anger, unworthiness, guilt, helplessness and so on. I’ve moved house, State, even Country 😂! I’ve done a lot of self work. Maybe I’m meant to stand and fight now; to trust myself.
Some people can’t to get out of pain physically because of things like cancer that just aren’t going to get better when they only have a few months/weeks to live-incurable conditions. Some people cannot get out of pain mentally because of current abuse. It would be nice if this was recognized instead of telling people to expand themselves. There are those things that just can’t be cured by “treating themselves better”
How is the brain helping by causing the pain. In my current state I could neither fight or take flight. An analogy to describe what I’d be capable of if there was danger is hide and be very still and hope for the best, like a baby animal.
