261. Self-Soothing After a Real Fire {LC's Journey 38}

Hey there, if you haven't heard episode two 60, please go listen to that because this is the second part of that story. And this part will make a lot more sense if you listen to the first part. At least everyone was okay. But that fire burned. Really hot and really fast. And it was really a hit on my nervous system. Big time. I remember. At about two 30. This absolutely. Gorgeous man. Just, I don't know, his energy has low. It was just, he was just this gorgeous dude. Came from Hico, which is the power company. And cut the power. And when the power was cut to our house, all the neighbors and everyone that was out, we're just like here. And I go, it was this big thing. It was like, I don't know something. Um, Who was like this momentous. Period of time, this momentous moment. In time of just like, oh no, you're all fucked. Thanks. So anyhow, I got very. Uh, my nervous system took such a hit that I think I had a little bit of some kind of PTSD from that. Because afterwards. When I would see. Through the curtains or like the light change in a room at night. Uh, car was going by. I would, uh, get almost a panic. I would have to say no, that. It's a car. Nothing is on fire. The next month I went back to the holistic chamber of commerce meeting at down to earth that health food store. The meetings are every month and I was doing really well, but. Man. I was walking into that store. I looked to my left. I saw all the birds sitting on carts and I. Nearly went berserk. Like I was in an instant panic and how to do a lot of self soothing in the store. I had to do a lot of. Long deep breathing. And talking to myself and letting myself know that everything. Was fine, but what a trigger, right? What a trigger. A bunch of doves sitting on carts. Just. It just knocked me out of myself completely. It was crazy. And then another trigger happened. I was on my way to work. Weeks later, maybe, maybe just a week later. And a Hico truck. The electric company truck. Passed by. I was think I stopped most stopped at a light and a Hico truck passed by and I just. Burst into tears completely. Just it was like, okay, that was the breaking point. And that's where everything released. Just. Oh, my God. I was crying so hard on my way to work. I can't believe I got there. However, after that. I really was fine. It truly felt like an actual breaking point where I released the trauma. Bye. Seeing the Hico truck. Very very interesting stuff. It was not a pleasant experience. I recall also that. It was already super hard and we were trying to find a place to stay and be and go, and we had a cat. And we were at target that night. Once we finally found a place where we could be. We were at target so we could get toothpaste toothbrush, things that we needed. And food. My God, we. I didn't eat until then either. And. We received a text from Kent's cousin saying that it was arson. And I was like, I can't process this right now. That was too much for me to process at that point, I was just like, I can't even. No. It was already traumatic enough. And then to know that somebody did that on purpose was just too much. Here we are. This is earth. What a fun place. I mean seriously, it is though. I'm not going to get into why I think people are drawn to do things like that. Obviously they're not home. And they think lighting things on fire will help them get home. Hopefully it did. Because being home is really amazing and I wish it for everyone. So that is the story about when a fire is real. Now, the reason I say when a fire is real is because I work retail and there are a lot of things that my associates will call me about. I manage retail. People will call me about certain things and it's just like, This is not a fire. I get that. It feels like a fire sometimes because our nervous systems are already worked up. Probably by the fact that we live in this society that. And we won't get into it. But our nervous systems were already in survival mode. Right. So anything that feels. Stressful feels like an urgent immediate. Now we have to put this fire out. It's going to kill me. And. The reality is most things aren't real fires. Most things are not urgent. Or even that important. So take a breath. I need to take a breath because telling the story, I'm feeling myself keyed up. And exhale. And there's a beautiful breath that I'm going to teach you, which I actually brought to the associates. Uh, night meeting one of these past nights. And where you inhale in, uh, in like two strokes in, through your nose and then you exhale through your mouth and it is the fastest way to calm your body. So you're taking two sections of inhale through your nose. Next sale through your mouth. Let's do it. Inhale. Exhale. Twice more. Last one. Use that breath, my friend. It's powerful and amazing. And thank you for listening to the story about the real fire. The next episode. We'll make more sense. 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