Today I talk about an experience I had while filming one of my early guestepisodes this past week. I had what I would describe as a social anxietypanic attack. I experienced these reactions frequently in my teens andtwenties, and although they became less common in the past 25 years orso… they can still appear without any notice.For me, the onset of one of these attacks has been closely related tohaving to introduce or tell about myself to others like in the beginning of theyear or semester or classroom, or meeting type of situation. The secondsituation that I saw a pattern in over the years was when I would have toread in front of others. With the Podcasts, I sort of have to do both of thosetasks and my mind and body reacted strongly yesterday. These attacksare characterized by a racing heart, sweaty palms, a feeling of desperation,and difficulty speaking… because I struggle to get enough air in my chestand lungs to form words in a natural way. It literally makes talking feelterrifying and nearly impossible.I went into the specifics of sharing this encounter because I want tonormalize talking about uncomfortable things, inconvenient truths, anddiscuss what it’s like to do hard things on this podcast. One of my recentguests shared her thoughts that vulnerability is connection, and I couldn’tagree more.I also talk about how many of the things that we experience in our minds,brains, and body don’t seem logical, but we are complex beings… and wecan be negatively impacted by major events in our childhood or our paststhat trigger traumatic responses in our nervous system. I mention ACE’salso known as Adverse Childhood Experiences and how they arescientifically linked to irregularities in our brains, minds, and bodies.I discuss the importance of learning to manage the moment with curiosityand potentially somatic techniques when dealing with something like whathappened to me yesterday. When we open up about our perceived fears orthe things we believe we fail at, we take it out of the dark and bring it intothe light.Towards the end of the show, I offer my perspective of the culture we live inand how a heavy emphasis on winning, success, and being at the top cansometimes overshadow the value and benefits of struggle and strain.Losing and failing can teach us too, especially if we are willing to payattention and learn. One of the ways we can learn more about things liketrauma and the way our physical and emotional beings react to it is throughreading and research. In this particular episode, I mention the book “TheBody Keeps the Score” Brain, Mind, & Body in the Healing of Trauma.”This book is written by Bessel Van Der Kolk.Links & Resources:-         Schedule a free discovery call with me: email [email protected]         Leave your rating and review on Apple Podcasts.

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