Restlessness
A bodily inability to stay still, which we often mistake for a need to work.
How it shows up
You get up, check your phone, look for a task. Resting feels unbearable. For many people a working rhythm is a way of not having to feel the restlessness.
What we do with it in therapy
We look at what appears when you stop. The answer is often the thing worth working with — the restlessness itself is only the lid.
See also
Procrastination
Turning away from a task, arising not from laziness but from the unpleasant feeling the task triggers.
Apology
An unconditional acknowledgement of harm — not an explanation, not a defence, no »but«.
Hypervigilance
Constant excessive attention to danger, even when the surroundings are safe.
