Why My Body Felt Like It Was Always Slightly Hovering Indoors
I wasn’t tense — I just never fully landed.
Indoors, I could sit quietly. I could stop moving.
And yet, my body felt subtly lifted — like it hadn’t placed its full weight anywhere.
“It felt like hovering without effort.”
That hovering became so familiar it blended into the background of my days.
This didn’t mean I was anxious — it meant my body hadn’t decided it was safe to fully land there.
Why stillness didn’t translate into settling
I could be motionless. My breath could slow.
But the sense of weight never fully arrived, as if gravity hadn’t been accepted yet.
“I stopped moving — but I didn’t drop.”
This felt closely connected to how my body never fully grounded indoors, which I explored more deeply in this article.
Settling happens when the body stops holding itself up.
Why hovering felt neutral instead of alarming
There was no panic. No obvious discomfort.
Just a quiet sense of suspension, like my body was staying ready without strain.
“Nothing felt wrong — I just never felt heavy.”
This mirrored how my body stayed slightly elsewhere indoors, something I wrote about in this piece.
Hovering often hides inside calm when it becomes habitual.
Why my body dropped when I left
Outside, my body settled without effort.
I noticed weight return — into my feet, my legs, my breath.
“I felt myself land all at once.”
This echoed the same shift I felt when my symptoms improved the moment I left the house, which I shared in this article.
The body drops its weight when the environment no longer asks it to stay lifted.
How this changed how I understood “relaxing”
I stopped trying to relax harder.
Relaxation wasn’t something to perform — it was something my body needed permission to enter.
“I wasn’t failing to relax — I was still holding myself up.”
That understanding removed a layer of quiet frustration.
Relaxation deepens when the body no longer feels the need to hover.
The questions constant hovering raised
Why did my body hover indoors? Why didn’t stillness resolve it? Why did leaving end it so quickly?
These questions didn’t increase fear — they gave language to a state I had normalized.