Susan Drumm explains that stress reactions are learned patterns, not fixed traits. You're not stuck, you're practiced. Change happens by interrupting the pattern with one small different move, repeated until it becomes automatic.
What you repeat isn't always who you are. It's just a pattern. Hey, you're not just that way. That thing that you always do under stress, that's not your personality. That's your rut. Maybe you shut down, or you push harder, or you take on too much. You've done it so many times, it feels like you. But what you repeat isn't always who you are. It's just a pattern. A neural highway in your brain built to keep you safe. And unless you interrupt it, you'll mistake it for your own identity. Here's the truth. You're not fixed. You're not stuck. You're just practice. Practice something new. Choose a different response. You don't need a full reinvention. Just one moment of awareness and a new move.
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