Peace feeling dangerous comes from a history where good times ended abruptly. When things getting better meant they were about to get worse, when calm was just the eye of the hurricane—you learned not to trust quiet. Now when things are good, you wait for the crash. When life is peaceful, you prepare for war. The anxiety of waiting feels worse than the actual chaos, because at least in chaos you know what is happening.
Living braced for disaster means never enjoying good things, constantly preparing for loss, organizing your life around catastrophe you feel but cannot see.
Trusting calm means teaching your body that peace does not inevitably precede pain, that good things can last, that you can relax without being punished.
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Content informed by trauma research, polyvagal theory (Stephen Porges), somatic experiencing (Peter Levine), and nervous system regulation studies. For comprehensive citations and further reading, see Unfiltered Wisdom: The Book.
About the Author
Robert Greene is the author and founder of Unfiltered Wisdom, a US Navy veteran, and a trauma survivor with over 10 years of experience in nervous system regulation and somatic healing. He is certified in Yoga for Meditation from the Yogic School of Mystic Arts (Dharamsala, India, 2016) and affiliated with Holistic Veterans, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit serving veterans in Santa Cruz, California.