Frog Riding Sphere
Hyper-vigilance “in its most extreme forms, consist of an extremely agitated state of panic or near-panic. It is characterized by indiscriminate attention to all sorts of minor and major threats cures as the person frantically searches for a means of escaping from the anticipated danger. Other salient characteristics of hypervigilance are temporary impairment of cognitive functioning and defective decision making….”
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PTSD narrows the scope of our vision and life considerably with time. We create illusional threats that trigger us, releasing cortisol and adrenaline to reinforce the thought. We then flee, dissociating into thought, fear and confusion.
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The fear grows because we could not stay present to see that PTSD is a delusion. Practice focusing on the breath everyday and apply with every emotional thought.
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Posted by miaquinn on August 11, 2012 at 11:40 pm
Thanks Marty! I had an incident this week where someone was very irate with me and it threw me off the entire week. I noticed I was a lot more hypervigilant. Even the nightmare I had last night was an indication that I was more hypervigilant, and having irrational fears. I just have to keep reminding myself that the fear is irrational (unless it isn’t – like I should be wary of that irate person but I shouldn’t be afraid to leave my home!!!).