Dr. Sandra Parker - Anxiety is not Danger

Signal anxiety feels like threat, and our first reaction is to think that we are in danger. We are biologically wired to move away or avoid when we feel this way. But signal anxiety is really a message to you from your body telling you that you are vulnerable, not that you are in danger.

Vulnerability is not danger. The body has only the language of sensations with which to speak to us, and we must learn to distinguish when our arousal is speaking to us of human limitations that are painful or hard, but not dangerous, versus situations where we need to actively fight or flee. So that we can hear our call to growth accurately, make use of it, and grow.

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[nelly11796]

thank you SO much!

[chad2013]

Dear Dr.Sandra the way you have explained this is so simple that any layman can understand. Thanks for this