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I Didn’t Understand My Nervous System Until It Finally Felt Safe
When I first learned what a nervous system was, I realized my nervous system was so dysregulated that I couldn’t actually comprehend what the person was explaining. It sounded like gibberish. But I did know that I was not in a good place with my mental health, and something needed to change.
Someone was calmly explaining regulation, safety, and the difference between survival and rest, and my body was in full emergency mode. Nodding politely. Retaining nothing.
What I did understand was the stripped-down version:
A dysregulated nervous system lives in fight, flight, freeze, or fawn.A…
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