Can we not judge that reaction for a second and thank your system for doing its one and only job, to keep you alive? How do we communicate we don’t actually need that reaction because we are safe? Here are a few options: 1. Name what’s happening “I’m having a reaction to a past experience.” (The label interrupts the automatic spiral and engages the prefrontal cortex) 2. Orient to the present Notice 3 things in the room or the floor beneath your feet or your breath. (Tells your brain you’re here,

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