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Melissa Sandfort's avatar

Crucial distinction!

The nervous system is so quick to confuse comfort with safety; discomfort is not actually a lack of safety!

I’m working on a big new creative project (an IFS podcast of my own inner work) and my system is on red alert every day! The discomfort is crucifying.

Doing it anyway!!

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Fiona Scott's avatar

Well, isn't this timely? I'm definitely what you might call a homebody, but my challenge right now is to travel tomorrow, alone, to a different country, to attend a little shindig called NeuroDiversion 2025 LOL - it's my 'big brave' for this year (well, actually, one of them - I'm working on others) and I've been tempted to downplay it because for many people it'd be no big deal, but actually for me it IS a big challenge - travelling, peopling for several days where I know absolutely nobody, managing my discomfort without my emotional support human (spouse) with me. Thanks, Chris, for this reminder that it's definitely worth my discomfort to expand my envelope a little bit.

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