Fight-or-Flight Response

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Ladies - I am reading a great autiobiography by Goldy Hawn. The woman in simply inspirational. I wanted to share these words with you. When making the decision to leave dh i thought it was because my heart was so stuck on him. But after reading this I wonder. Is it the heart or is it the fear to leave. I don not mean fear as in terrifying but fear as in the unknown (maybe)

Thought of my day:

Without fear we cannot evolve. It is an emotion that protects us from harm and even death. It creates something called fight-or-flight response. Where when faced with fear we either fight or we run away. Fear can quickly manifest into anger. Anger as we all know can become poisonous. Fight or flight is our survival mode. Fear can stop us from being annihilated but it can also override some of our other capabilities as human beings, that is to live fully in a state of joy.
What is Joy?
It is a life in the absence of fear.

Fear seems to rule my life. But I can't even define exactly what it is I am afraid of. I just wish I could look to the future with confidence and joy. Dh just says I'm a miserable old trout.

if dh has that attitude toward you no wonder you are down thats how my dh has been, hence why he is very soon ex dh.

people kept telling me to go out and do something for myself, work on me, do what i enjoy.

i sat like a stunned mullet (what a great pair we are you miserable trout!!! )for nearly eight months waiting and trying to make things better

as soon as i finally did what i had kept being told i feel great

dont be down on yourself hellsbellsdownunder(fellow aussie?)

Absolutely relate to that, fear rules my life too! Nice to hear it put in a positive way. Have also read something somewhere about how fear is always behind anger. Haven't thought too deeply about it but I reckon it's true.