
The episode explores the Control Loop, a nervous system reflex that manifests as overfunctioning, perfectionism, and avoidance in response to perceived threats to security and self-worth.
You repack the bag after someone else packed it. You reread the email five times before you send it. Or you avoid the thing that matters most to you entirely, and call it not having the time. These look like three different problems. They’re the same one. It’s the Control Loop: the nervous system reflex that reaches for control any time it perceives a threat to your security or your sense of being good enough. It shows up as overfunctioning, perfectionism, and underfunctioni...
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