When Your Nervous System Is Screaming…

You don’t need another mindset hack.
You need recalibration.

Because the truth is:
Your body isn’t broken.
It’s just overwhelmed.

And it’s trying to speak to you — through tension, fatigue, reactivity —
not to sabotage you, but to protect you.

Here’s how nervous system dysregulation might be showing up…
and what you can gently do about it 👇

1. “Wired but tired.”
   You’re exhausted but can’t shut down.
   The mind is racing even when the body begs for rest.

✨ Try this:
Long exhale breathing
Inhale for 4. Hold for 4. Exhale for 8.
This calms your sympathetic system and tells your body:
“You’re safe now.”

2. You’re in spiral mode. Overthinking everything.
   Tiny decisions feel monumental. Silence feels unsafe.

✨ Try this:
5-4-3-2-1 grounding technique
5 things you see
4 you can touch
3 you hear
2 you smell
1 you taste
A soft return to the now.

3. You snap at people you love.
   And feel deep regret after.
   It’s not that you want to react—it’s that your system is overloaded.

✨ Try this:
Self-holding
Gently squeeze your thighs or arms.
Feel the physical contact.
This brings you back into your body before reacting from it.

4. Racing heart. Breath feels stuck. Panic out of nowhere.
   This is your body’s alarm system in overdrive.

✨ Try this:
Cold water splash or hold an ice cube to your wrist or face.
This activates your vagus nerve and interrupts the panic loop.

5. You say “I’m fine.” But you’re not.
   You’re holding it all alone. And it’s heavy.

✨ Try this:
Heart touch + gentle affirmation
Hand on heart. Close your eyes. Whisper:
“I am safe. I am here. This will pass.”
Let yourself be held — even just by you.

Your nervous system isn’t the problem.
It’s the messenger.
And it’s time we stop ignoring its cry for care.

✨ If this speaks to you…
I created a gentle starter space with nervous system-friendly tools and rituals to help you soften and heal — at your own pace.

👉 Start here: slow-secrets-tribe.kit.com/starthere

You don’t have to hustle through your healing.
You just need the right support — grounded, somatic, and shame-free.

💛 Comment HEAL if you want me to send the link directly.
Let’s walk this path slowly, together.