A lot happens in your body before your mind gets involved.
A tight jaw.
A flutter in your chest.
That drop in your stomach for no clear reason.
Then the stories rush in:
“They’re mad at me.”
“I’m not enough.”
“This is going to fall apart.”
That’s the old pattern: skipping the feeling and arguing with the story.
Awareness starts one step earlier.
Not overthinking. Just noticing what your body is saying before you decide what it means.
The same racing heart can feel like panic in one moment and excitement in another.
Same signal. Different frame.
When you start to name what you feel, the mystery softens.
Heat in your face.
Shaking hands.
A lump in your throat.
You stop treating every sensation like an emergency and start seeing it as information.
Love, here, is the choice to listen to your own system instead of running from it.