Unconscious and automatic fear responses may be at the root of conditions like long covid and other chronic health issues associated with an over-active nervous system.
I feel this is pretty accurate and makes sense to have the two categories of people. Fear of symptoms and general fear of the virus and what it could do to us, especially early in the pandemic with so much sensational reporting, makes total sense.
My only personal resistance to second category you have defined is that the term fear may not be broad enough. I feel our nervous systems don’t speak the same English language! So reducing a root cause to a single word may not be possible- it may be that there are different “brands” of fear, or that other descriptors such as powerlessness or sorrow, for example, may be more appropriate or helpful for some people… I guess it’s about accessing the feelings and emotions themselves so the words are more of a guide and I think your explanation is, as always, really well articulated. I’ve seen “fear” mentioned often and although it was helpful for me to explore, it was only a part of the emotional story in unlocking progress on my healing journey.
I appreciate you bringing this up. I basically agree with everything you’re saying. I’ll think about how else to phrase this. I don’t have any ideas at the moment how to do that easily, so I don’t promise to change the language much yet. But I’ll work on this.
I feel this is pretty accurate and makes sense to have the two categories of people. Fear of symptoms and general fear of the virus and what it could do to us, especially early in the pandemic with so much sensational reporting, makes total sense.
My only personal resistance to second category you have defined is that the term fear may not be broad enough. I feel our nervous systems don’t speak the same English language! So reducing a root cause to a single word may not be possible- it may be that there are different “brands” of fear, or that other descriptors such as powerlessness or sorrow, for example, may be more appropriate or helpful for some people… I guess it’s about accessing the feelings and emotions themselves so the words are more of a guide and I think your explanation is, as always, really well articulated. I’ve seen “fear” mentioned often and although it was helpful for me to explore, it was only a part of the emotional story in unlocking progress on my healing journey.
I appreciate you bringing this up. I basically agree with everything you’re saying. I’ll think about how else to phrase this. I don’t have any ideas at the moment how to do that easily, so I don’t promise to change the language much yet. But I’ll work on this.