Safety
The world is extremely tense right now. Many people in different countries are leaving their homes in search of a better life — for themselves, their children, and their parents. Somehow, the world, which should have been the best possible place to live, has become a dangerous and cruel space where, instead of joy, people increasingly feel fear and insecurity.
First of all, our brain feels exhausted. And when it is exhausted, rational thinking shuts down, while the ancient survival system remains switched on — the one we experience as constant fear, danger, and threat. This is the system that says, “fight or flight,” “freeze or run.”
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This state is not something new. It is the state of an ancient human being facing a direct threat. That is why sometimes what we really need is simply to rest, relax, turn off the unnecessary informational and psychological noise, and restore rational thinking.
Perhaps then, at least some sense of improvement will begin to appear.
