How to Stop Your Brain from Panicking at Every Text from Your Toxic Ex

How to Stop Your Brain from Panicking at Every Text from Your Toxic Ex

June 22, 2026 · 33 min · Season 2026 · Episode 365

About this episode

This episode discusses how to manage anxiety triggered by notifications from a toxic ex, featuring insights from positive psychologist Max Weigand.

You know that feeling. Your phone buzzes. You see their name. And before you can even read the message, your heart is racing, your chest tightens, and you can barely think straight. You're not overreacting. You're not weak. Your brain has been literally wired by trauma to respond to that notification as if your life is in danger — because for a long time, it was. In this episode, Lisa sits down with Max Weigand, a positive psychologist from Germany and the creator of Psychosomatic Intellige...

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