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Why Taking Up Space Feels Dangerous - And Why That Makes Complete Sense
Trauma & Nervous System Healing Alyssa Kushner, LCSW 4/13/26 Trauma & Nervous System Healing Alyssa Kushner, LCSW 4/13/26

Why Taking Up Space Feels Dangerous - And Why That Makes Complete Sense

If taking up space feels threatening - if your voice gets smaller, your body contracts, and you leave conversations feeling less than you arrived - this isn't a confidence problem. It's a nervous system one. Learn why your body learned to shrink and what actually helps.

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“Just calm down” or “did you breathe?” are some of the least helpful things you can say to an activated anxious hypervigilant  nervous system tbh - here’s what’s actually happening instead.⁣
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The part of you that never stops giving, doing, and holding everything together isn’t a flaw - it’s a part that learned doing more = staying safe.⁣
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In IFS, we call this a Manager part. It worked. It kept you loved, needed, and in contro

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