There's a Wolf in Grandma's Bed

Right now feels like the moment in Little Red Riding Hood when she realizes there’s a wolf in her grandmother’s bed.

Not because of drama.
Because of details.

The voice doesn’t sound quite right.
The reassurance feels forced.
The instructions are simple: trust, relax, comply, don’t question.

And your body is reacting before your mind can organize an argument.

That’s not imagination.
That’s perception.

Many people are afraid right now because they’re being told one story while their senses are registering something else. The words sound calm. Authoritative. Certain. But the effect is not calming. It’s disorienting. Your nervous system isn’t settling — it’s alerting.

That matters.

We were taught, explicitly and implicitly, not to trust moments like this. We were taught that fear means weakness, that uncertainty means ignorance, that authority should override instinct. We were taught that if something were truly dangerous, it would be obvious and dramatic.

But real danger rarely announces itself that way.

Often it arrives dressed as reassurance. As inevitability. As “this is for your own good.” As “you don’t need to understand — just follow.”

When your body reacts with fear in those moments, the problem is not fear. The problem is what you’ve been trained to do with it.

Fear is not telling you to panic.
It’s telling you to pause.

It’s telling you that something doesn’t line up — that the tone, the message, the demand for obedience doesn’t match what your nervous system knows about safety.

Right now, many people are trying to talk themselves out of that signal. They (and others!) are gaslighting themselves that they’re overreacting, being dramatic, being influenced, being irrational. They’re searching for explanations that will allow them to relax again.

But this is not a moment for relaxation.

This is a moment for orientation.

Orientation means staying with what you’re actually sensing instead of rushing to the nearest story that promises comfort. It means allowing fear to do its job — not to run the show, but to inform you that you should not move closer yet.

In the fairy tale, the danger doesn’t begin when the wolf attacks. It begins when Red Riding Hood is encouraged to believe reassuring lies despite what she’s noticing.

That’s what matters most right now.

You need to trust that your senses are giving you information before your intellect can catch up.

If you feel afraid right now — not hysterical, not panicked, but deeply uneasy — you are not broken. You are not weak. You are not failing some spiritual or intellectual test.

You are doing exactly what a body does when it clocks empty words vs reality.

The most important thing you can do in this moment is not override that recognition.

Don’t trust just because the voice sounds familiar.
Don’t surrender perception in exchange for reassurance.
Don’t mistake authority for safety.

Right now, discernment matters more than comfort. You'll know what to do if and when a wolf appears in Grandma's bed.

Much love,

Lori

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