You wake up in pain, and before you even open your eyes, your nervous system is already on the battlefield. Fight mode kicks in – your body tightens, your mind sharpens, ready for a war it didn’t choose. And then, coffee in hand, you step into the living room, and suddenly, you’re not just fighting the pain. 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐀 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐩 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲.

𝐈𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 – 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲.

What if, instead of fighting, you recognized what’s happening?