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Combative Calm

Science-Backed Resets to Pull Your Ass Out of Panic

29 Sep 2025

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Nervous System Resets for AnxietyAnxiety isn’t just in your head — it’s a full-body hostile takeover.Amy (the amygdala): slams the panic button.Carl (the prefrontal cortex): gets kicked out of the office.Hippo (the hippocampus): pulls out every embarrassing receipt from 7th grade.Simba (the sympathetic system): floors the gas like you’re about to wrestle a bear.In this episode, we go full nerd and full feral. I break down what’s actually happening in your brain and body when anxiety hijacks you: limbic system alarms, HPA axis cortisol surges, vagus nerve chill resets — explained in plain language.Then I hand you six science-backed nervous system resets you can actually use in the middle of a spiral. Think:Grounding tricks that hijack Amy’s micCold water hacks that scuba dive panic awayProgressive muscle relaxation that tucks Simba in for a napPlus more tools that double as real-time circuit breakersEach reset comes with the science, the step-by-step, and a translation you’ll actually remember at 2 a.m.By the end, you’ll have a fridge-worthy list of anxiety resets that pull you back from time-traveling brain bullshit and drop you into the only place you actually have power: right the fuck here.

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