11d • Gentle education
Why Your Body Panics When You Try to Let Go
If you’ve ever tried to detach from someone who hurt you —
and instead of relief you felt panic…
That isn’t weakness. It’s your nervous system in withdrawal.
Trauma-bond panic is the body saying:
🧠 “Connection = safety
Distance = threat”
So when you pull away, the nervous system goes into alarm mode:
• anxiety
• chest tightness
• racing thoughts
• urge to check messages
• urge to fix it
Nothing is wrong with you. This is chemistry + cAnd once we stabilise the nervous system, the panic softens — and detachment becomes possible.
🧘 Try this micro-reset:
• Breathe in 4
• Hold 2
• Exhale 6
• Shoulders soften
• Jaw relaxes
• Say quietly
“I am safe in this moment.”
You don’t have to rush healing. Your body moves at the pace of safety 💛
Question
What happens in your body when the pull hits?onditioning.
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