We shape and reshape our expectations of this continually but when we feel the rules of our environment have changed in a big way, we can't always reach for the same things to bring safety. I feel this myself: "I can always fall back on doing basic data science" doesn't feel available to me anymore
But staying in a state of threat is (obviously) enormously depleting. Without negating the realness of what's going on, it is a short-term protection cycle and you need to cultivate the things that will bring you safety while grappling with this
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