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When Stillness Triggers Panic: Facing the Trauma Brain

When Stillness Triggers Panic: Facing the Trauma Brain

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Bonnieanne Ray shares how stepping away from a high-pressure career and a forced period of stillness after surgery revealed long-buried trauma and chronic anxiety. Drawing from childhood instability and past medical vulnerability, she describes how hypervigilance can make safety feel like a threat.

She offers simple, somatic coping strategies—anchoring to the presence of a loved one, speaking truth to the body, and practicing self-compassion—and invites listeners to reflect on whether they are truly safe and to be gentle with themselves through messy healing.

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