Lack of control, poise = EF that's how it feels, just off. Here's the book definition:
That's how it feels, I'm feeling small and I actually shrink physically, caving in a bit on myself instead of standing tall, feeling rather invisible or wishing to be invisible.
QuoteEmotional flashbacks are sudden and often prolonged regressions to the overwhelming feeling-states of being an abused/abandoned child. These feeling states can include overwhelming fear, shame, alienation, rage, grief and depression. They also include unnecessary triggering of our fight/flight instincts. . . . A sense of feeling small, young, fragile, powerless and helpless is also commonly experienced in an emotional flashback, and all symptoms are typically overlaid with humiliating and crushing toxic shame.
That's how it feels, I'm feeling small and I actually shrink physically, caving in a bit on myself instead of standing tall, feeling rather invisible or wishing to be invisible.