You’re Not Losing Control, Your Body Is Asking to Be Listened to in a New Way

For much of my life, I equated “control” with stability. If I could manage my emotions, my energy, my to-do list, my reactions, if I could stay consistent and predictable then I believed I was thriving. I wore control like armour. And for a long time, that armour held. But then something shifted. Subtly at first like a faint background hum I couldn’t name. A change in my sleep patterns. A new…