04/20/2026
Have you accepted that you’re just “ an anxious person”, high strung, or really hard on yourself? If this is true for you, motherhood is likely more challenging, and you are probably on an emotional roller coaster you wish you weren’t. We get used to what we get used to.
When you’ve been in “go mode” for too long, calm can feel unfamiliar, even uncomfortable.
This is what nervous system overdrive looks like:
• Trouble relaxing, even when things are “fine”
• Snapping or shutting down faster than you’d like
• Feeling exhausted but wired at the same time
• Always scanning for the next problem.
You don’t need to accept this as your baseline. But it will be unless you begin the work to unpack and process what left you stuck in fight or flight. Was it a body that felt like it was failing because it couldn’t hold a pregnancy? Years in a job with a constant need to prove yourself at work? A childhood on guard to always keep the peace among parents or siblings? A relationship that forced you to keep yourself smaller and quieter to avoid conflict? All of these patterns become ingrained and then play out in how we live our lives. Whatever it was, the way to decrease anxiety is to allow your nervous system to digest the past and recognize its safety and resilience. Does this sound familiar? Let’s talk!
