Nervous System Dysregulation journey
If you would like to follow along, I will be posting about my husbands journey and give some tips on how to support your loved one through anxiety and nervous system dysregulation.
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how to regulate your nervous system LONG TERM!!
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🧠 AUTONOMIC nervous system: SNS vs. PNS
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ADHD brains don’t process arguments the same way and nobody talks about this 👇
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🧠⚡ Your nervous system may be affecting more than your mood… it may be affecti
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Signs you have nervous system burnout:
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Link Between PTSD & Nervous System Dysregulation
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Dysregulation doesn’t always look dramatic, sometimes it’s subtle. Sometimes it’s a quiet shift into urgency, tension, rumination, and overthinking. And suddenly you are not okay and you don’t necessarily know why. 🤷♀️ 🧚 Learning to recognize the signs of dysregulation in your own body is hu
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