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Their wordsThat’s because clenching drastically reduces the range of options and feelings available. It’s like paying an invisible tax on your experience: dulling aliveness and reducing perceived options.
Their wordsI’ve come to view clenching as the biological system making a prediction – shrinking the uncertainty aperture on your experience to reduce overwhelming sensory input.
Their wordsThey’re different dimensions. You can be deeply relaxed (low-arousal, parasympathetic) and still highly clenched: depression and freeze live here.
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