Quick Exits Blog

Welcome!

This is where I talk honestly about the mind, the nervous system, and why “just talk about it” hasn’t exactly ushered humanity into a golden age of mental health.

If psychology worked the way the wellness industry claims, we’d all be frolicking through the Garden of Eden feeding deer out of our hands — but here we are, stressed, stuck, scrolling, and keeping the justice system fully employed.

This space is for clear thinking, real explanations, and tools that actually work.

  • Nov 27, 2025

Your Trauma Response Is Brilliant — But Modern Life Confuses It

A snub on social media can spike your stress more than a tiger charging straight at you. Why? Because your primal brain allocates enormous bandwidth to your social standing. For most of human history, losing status meant losing protection, community, and food. Being cast out wasn’t embarrassing — it was fatal.

  • Nov 21, 2025

Limbic Override

You can’t out-reason your limbic system. It’s the ancient circuitry that kept your ancestors alive — fight, flight, freeze, fawn. It doesn’t care about your five-year plan; it cares about your pulse. That’s why change feels impossible even when it’s obvious. You say go, your body says no.

  • Nov 14, 2025

Why Quick Exits Will Never Have a Community Board

The subconscious does not respond well to committee input. It does not enjoy group projects. It does not want feedback from Brad in Winnipeg who has decided he can interpret your dreams.