Relaxing Our Threat Detector

Many of us feel exhausted by a constant sense of social risk

Too often, we feel our social environments are filled with judgment and danger. But this sense can also come from within. How do we resolve it?fizkes/Shutterstock

I’ve been working with a large number of people who are very often exhausted, not just from sleep problems but from their daily activities.

A lot of us are drained by being around other people, doing video meetings, going out in public, etc., so we start to avoid those activities to preserve our energy.