Have you ever felt your heart racing, your stomach tightening, or your legs feeling restless when stress appears? Perhaps you feel the urge to walk away, distract yourself, or throw yourself into busy tasks just to avoid sitting with what feels overwhelming.

This is the flight response, and it lives in your body.

Flight is not just a mental escape. It is a full-body experience. You might feel:

• Tightness in your chest or belly
• Shallow, fast breathing
• Tension in your legs, ready to move
• Restlessness or fidgeting
• An overwhelming need to "do something" or leave the situation

Your nervous system is wired to protect you. And when your body senses danger, even if that danger is emotional pain, conflict, or overwhelm, it may send you the message to run.

But here is the important part:

The danger your body is reacting to might be a past experience, not what is happening right now.
Sometimes, leaving is the wisest choice. You have every right to step away when something feels unsafe.

And sometimes, when the threat is no longer real, what your body truly needs is support to feel safe enough to stay.

You Get to Choose
The flight response is not something to be ashamed of or silenced. It is a survival response, and it serves a purpose.

Your work is not to fight against it but to listen to what it is protecting you from.
You always have the right to step away from what feels unsafe.
And you also have the power to stay when your body is ready.
Neither choice makes you wrong. Both are acts of self-protection and care.

Over time, as you develop a more profound sense of internal safety, you may find that you no longer need to run as often. Or that when you do, it is a conscious choice instead of an automatic reaction.

You are allowed to move.
You are allowed to pause.
You are allowed to come back home to yourself whenever you are ready.

Thank you for letting me see you,