You look calm on the outside and hold everything together, but your body never got the memo that it is safe to stop bracing. Ten questions, about two minutes. Most nervous system checks hand you a number and stop there. This one starts there, and goes after what has been holding your alarm on.
This is a quick self-check, not a diagnosis. It reads how your body’s threat-detection is running right now, a state that can change, not a fixed label.
