How Collective Societal Fear creates Toxic Social Norms
Collective fear often shapes what a society is willing to see, name, and change, and that fear can quietly produce toxic “normal” ways of living.
Collective fear often shapes what a society is willing to see, name, and change, and that fear can quietly produce toxic “normal” ways of living.
Role models are people you look up to, and whose example you might use as a guide for how you want to live, behave, or grow.
Grounding is about bringing your attention back to the here‑and‑now, especially when overwhelmed, anxious, or pulled into bad memories.
Safety needs are about feeling reasonably protected from harm and having some stability in life so the mind is not constantly on high alert.
Trauma is what happens when an experience is so overwhelming that your usual ways of coping can’t keep up.
Being human is messy, beautiful, painful, confusing, and deeply meaningful, and all at the same time. It means having a body that gets tired and breaks, a mind that thinks and worries, and a heart that feels joy, fear, love, shame, and everything in between