When navigating the pain and uncertainty of betrayal trauma, it is not at all uncommon to have your body and nervous system go into survival mode. Everything has changed. Nothing seems real anymore. Everything you thought was true was not. You might find yourself struggling to seek to control something, anything. You might began to feel an almost compulsive need to start amassing items or to make complicated rules around activities you used to enjoy with no stress. Please be patient with yourself. Survival mode can be a way to feel like you are managing the unmanageable. Many of us have been there and self-kindness and compassion will serve you well. 

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