Feeling unsafe in your own body is a strange and unsettling thing. It is like living in a house you have always known, but one day you wake up and feel like an intruder. The rooms are familiar, but you move through them with caution. You do not feel at home. This feeling is not just a thought. It is a physical reality for many people, especially those who live with a constant hum of anxiety.

This sense of alienation from yourself can show up in many ways. It might be a lack of desire. It might be a general numbness. It might be a persistent feeling that something is wrong with you, that you are broken in some fundamental way. You look at your body and feel like you are looking at a stranger's.

The Corrupted Signal

Your mind and body are supposed to be a team. They are a single integrated system designed to work together. When the system is healthy, you do not think about it. You just exist. You feel hunger and you eat. You feel tired and you sleep. There is a smooth communication happening constantly beneath the surface of your awareness.

Anxiety corrupts this communication. It is like static on a phone line. Imagine your body is trying to send your mind a message, maybe one of simple contentment or physical need. But the anxiety static is so loud that the message gets distorted. Your mind hears only alarm bells.

This is because anxiety activates your body's threat response. Your muscles tense. Your heart rate increases. Your body prepares for a danger that your conscious mind knows is not there. This creates a deep conflict. Your body is screaming