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You read the headline: "SNAP Benefits Suspended." A rational mind might feel anger, fear, or a sense of injustice. But you... you are feeling something far more visceral. You are feeling a 10-out-of-10, world-ending panic. Your body is not just reacting to the news headline. It is reacting to a wound from your past. What you are experiencing is a trauma response. The current, real-world crisis is simply the trigger for a much older, deeper pain.

When we experience emotional pain, there is sometimes a societal urge to get back to normal & start moving again.