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Episode 73: Feeling Your Nervous System

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What Are Some Signs That This State Is Active in Your Body?

Jenna: There's a series of questions you can begin to ask yourself. How is this state making life difficult for you? How is it not aligned with the deepest wants and needs of your authentic self? Well, again, take fawn. Active in my body is an instant heart racing. I'm alert or I notice I'm very on edge. My mind is very sharp and attuned. For me personally, this fawn response helped me survive because it allowed me to appease or create a false sense really of safety by constantly tending to the turbulent or chaotic or abusive environments around me. We like to put a bandaid on or sort of salvage some sort of false piece so that

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