A Healthy Nervous System is Not Always Calm

A healthy nervous system is not always calm. It’s adaptable, flexible and resilient.

A resilient, adaptable and flexible nervous system needs to experience some stress, challenges, adversity and even...

Continue Reading...
Common Symptoms of Nervous System Dysregulation

Chronic pain, chronic fatigue, digestive issues, immune conditions, cardiovascuar and respiratory issues are some of the most common symptoms of nervous system dysregulation.

Stress responses are onl...

Continue Reading...
The Link Between Chronic Pain & Nervous System Dysregulation

Chronic pain is one of the most common symptoms of nervous system dysregulation. You activate the same network in the brain whether you experience emotional, physical or social pain like rejection.

C...

Continue Reading...
How Dysregulation Takes a Toll on our Body

Our survival states like the intense sympathetic arousal or dorsal freeze - are meant to be a temporary state that serves the specific survival purpose of preserving life at all costs. These types of ...

Continue Reading...
Shame is a Body Response Driven by the Freeze State of the Nervous System

You may notice that you’re in the freeze response by a disconnection from your body, somebody talking or your environment. You may feel numbness, like a fog coming over you, stopping thoughts and sens...

Continue Reading...
How Stress Impacts the Vagus Nerve

Stress takes a toll on our physiology and can change the way our nervous system functions. Allostatic load refers to the wear and tear that can accumulate in the mind-body system, following periods of...

Continue Reading...
1 2