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When Fear Shows Up as Control

Mortality, Old Wounds, and Choosing How We Want to Live

As I approach the age my father passed away, mortality has been surfacing in ways I didn’t expect.

Not just as sadness.
Not just as memory.
But as fear.

Fear that disguises itself as hypervigilance.
As “good parenting.”
As the urge to control what can’t actually be controlled.

In this conversation, we explore:

  • How old grief resurfaces at new life stages

  • Why fear…

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