#hypervigilance

[theremina]

[phoenix-positivity]

I think the difficult thing with trauma responses and fears is that when people try to comfort you by saying your fears wont happen is that: well actually, they did happen? Why would they not happen again? I have no reason to believe they wont. I want to prepare myself for when they happen again. And the advice of 'Don't assume people are out to get you and hurt you' is so hard to believe because you've experienced that actually, people were out there to hurt you. It's so hard to regain trust in people once it's been broken.

[sysboxes]

[Text: This system is easily scared.]

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[rabbittongues]

[safe-haven-safe-place]

[unwelcome-ozian]

[lacetrauma]

im sorry that i don’t have much to say anymore. im not as creative as I used to be

[tsuyoshikentsu]

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[soulinkpoetry]

What am I so anxious about? Life happens without asking me anyway.

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[the-ghost-bird]

Hypervigilance and Paranoia; I wish I could blink.

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[adhbabey]

i think like. so much would be solved if we normalized the fact that some people do experience delusions and hallucinations. like yes, its something that those people need help with/need more accommodations for, but we could use being more understanding of people with psychotic symptoms in general.

like, i can tell you that at least one person raving about conspiracy theories is someone who experiences delusions, and if we understood that, we wouldn't have such a hard time getting them back to a more grounded perspective.

i am someone who experiences delusions and I do get incredibly triggered by all the unreality bullshit, the simulation theories, all that unreal bullshit, and it is actively negatively impacting people like me.

we could really use a better understanding of those with these symptoms, because acting like having hallucinations/delusions makes you a killer is a take that makes zero sense. Like, genuinely, you have no idea what you're talking about if that's where you immediately go. I can point out a bunch of shit discussing the darkness of humanity and that logic applies to anyone, regardless of mental illness. Delusions and hallucinations don't mean you'll act on anything, it just means that your brain is creating false images or thoughts, and that can get really fucking confusing.

We could use a little more empathy or compassion towards those with these symptoms, because obviously this shit isn't going away for us, just like other disabled people dealing with their disabilities. We are not idiots or monsters, our brain just gives us random false shit sometimes and it really fucking sucks. Be more understanding or I'll telepathically insert false shit into your brain one day, y'all should see the nightmare that some of us have to deal with.

[copingwithmemes]

[yung-gxd]

I need someone to beat me so bad, I want someone to make me feel on the outside how I feel on the inside. I’m trash and I deserve to be thrown away. I’m not a good person please believe, I don’t deserve happiness or anything but pain.

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[unwelcome-ozian]

[loveyourlovelysoul]

Hypervigilance may start happening unconsciously, unless we learn to recognize it before it has us spiralling downward. Anytime we start overthinking and worrying or catastrophizing any type of event, we can opt to stop that and go towards a kinder train of thoughts for us, or trying to ground ourselves. It will require a lot of effort, cause it's not easy to change such strong mental patterns, but it can be done with patience and consistency. When we start over-analyzing what we're going through, let's take a breath and see if it's only our anxiety/habit speaking or there's a reason for that (it's very very rare, but it can happen to find yourself in a life threatening situation -but it'd be obvious though). So try to soothe yourself while being objective about the situation and gently checking that there's no real threat for you. It's almost impossible to switch off from fear cause it's our strongest and more powerful emotion, still we can learn to react to it differently: to not let it take over us but to be the one sitting with it and having a talk.

Grounding yourself when you start getting overwhelmed could be a way to calm down a little: through visualizations, meditation, breathing technique, music, watching something comforting, holding/touching comfortable/soft things, drinking water or something tasty, taking a shower or a walk, trying to find silence or getting away from too noisy/smelling places; covering yourself with heavy blankets (unless it feels like you're out of breath ofc: having blankets over you generally may feel like having another body near and be comforting, but we're all different and have different shades of reaction to fear, so only work with what feels comfortable for you and any specific situation). It's okay to have fallbacks while working on fear and hypervigilance, it takes time and patience, do not criticize yourself, you're already doing amazingly.