You may not consciously remember the moment a pattern was formed. But your body does. It holds the incomplete emotional response — the fight that was suppressed, the grief that wasn’t safe to express, the freeze that never thawed.
These stored responses shape how you react to everyday situations, often in ways that feel disproportionate or confusing. That’s not a failing. It’s your nervous system doing exactly what it was designed to do: protect you.
The work isn’t about overriding that protection. It’s about helping the system recognise that the original threat has passed.