Trauma is often the originator of this question. It certainly was for me. Trauma on the brain is like having a hundred hidden video tabs open on your computer. It overloads and slows down the operating system. It also creates extreme hypervigilance. Waiting for the other shoe to drop or expecting life to betray us is a part of PTSD. Even though I am safe now, it is still a hard concept to embrace. Why? Because trauma lives in the right side of our brains, which is the “eternal now” part of the brain. This is why your brain and body interpret past trauma as still happening now.
