Feeling threatened?
Living in a state of anticipated danger, where our nervous system cannot settle because it perceives ongoing or future harm. Often, we're protecting against old wounds repeating.
The unmet need
The embodied experience of safety in the present moment; evidence that we can trust our environment and our ability to respond.
A question to sit with
Is this threat happening now, or am I bracing against a repetition of past hurt? What in this moment is actually safe?
What to do right now
Orient yourself to the present: Look around and name what is safe right now. Press your feet into the ground. Say: "That was then, this is now. I am here, and I am learning to distinguish past danger from present safety."
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