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Chronic Fatigue
Dizziness
Tremors
Excessive Sweating
Memory Issues
Chest Discomfort
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Tremors
Excessive Sweating
Memory Issues
Chest Discomfort
Insomnia
Understanding Vertigo
Vertigo is a type of dizziness where you feel like the room is spinning around you. Learn what causes vertigo in dysautonomia, how it relates to your autonomic nervous system, and what you can do to manage these episodes safely.
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Anxiety and the Nervous System
Anxiety is more than worry – it’s a physiological response. Understand how dysautonomia amplifies anxiety symptoms, the role of the limbic system, and how nervous system regulation techniques can help you find calm.
⏱️ 5:39
Temperature Sensitivity
Temperature sensitivity happens when the autonomic nervous system and body temperature regulation lose balance, causing chills or heat intolerance due to changes in circulation, energy production, or inflammation.
⏱️ 7:00
Joint Pain
Joint pain is more than wear and tear. It’s a systemic signal of imbalance. Inflammation, gut permeability, mitochondrial dysfunction, and nervous system sensitization create pain that reflects body-wide stress rather than isolated joint damage.
⏱️ 8:17
Cold Hands and Feet
Cold hands and feet are among the most common circulation related complaints, but they rarely stem from temperature alone. Instead, they reflect how the autonomic nervous system controls blood flow through a process called vasoconstriction, often as part of the stress or “fight-or-flight” response.
⏱️ 7:00
Explaining Palpitations
Heart palpitations often arise from shifts in the autonomic nervous system rather than structural heart disease. When posture, stress chemistry, breathing patterns, hydration, electrolytes, gut signaling, or energy availability change, the heart may momentarily race or flutter as the body works to maintain stability.
⏱️ 6:17
The Biology of Hopelessness
Hopelessness is not a personal failure. It is a biological state that emerges when chronic stress overwhelms the nervous system. When survival mode stays switched on, the amygdala becomes overactive, the prefrontal cortex goes offline, and stress hormones like cortisol and adrenaline reshape mood and motivation.
⏱️ 6:30
Insomnia: Why the Body Can’t Rest
Insomnia can feel confusing and exhausting, especially when your body is desperate for rest but your mind refuses to settle. Many people describe this as being “wired but tired,” a state where you’re physically drained yet wide awake.
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Nerve Pain: Your Body's Alarms
Nerve pain often appears as burning, tingling, or sudden electric sensations, and it can be deeply confusing when medical tests show no structural damage. Yet research shows that these symptoms frequently arise from functional changes in oxygen delivery, mitochondrial energy output, immune activation, and brain-based threat detection not from tissue breakdown.
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Migraine: When the Brain Overreacts to Stress
Migraines represent a complex disorder rooted in nervous system imbalance rather than a simple vascular problem. Modern research shows that migraine arises from instability across multiple regulatory systems, including the trigeminal-vascular pathway, neuroinflammatory signaling, autonomic regulation, and mitochondrial energy capacity.
⏱️ 7:06
Constipation and Nervous System Dysregulation
Constipation is often approached as a simple mechanical problem, yet chronic constipation frequently reflects a deeper disruption in communication between the brain, autonomic nervous system, gut, and pelvic floor. When the nervous system remains in a state of stress, vagal signaling weakens, blood flow shifts away from digestion, the microbiome changes, and normal motility slows.
⏱️ 7:16
Tinnitus
Persistent ringing, buzzing, or hissing in the ears commonly labeled tinnitus is one of the most misunderstood sensory symptoms in clinical medicine. Although often framed as an ear disorder, tinnitus reflects altered auditory signaling combined with nervous system, emotional, and stress-response dysregulation.
⏱️ 5:17
Sweating Too Much or Too Little
Sweating that is excessive or absent is one of the clearest outward signs of autonomic nervous system sweating dysregulation. These changes often arise from disturbances in nerve signaling, circulation, sympathetic activation, or cellular energy production. Understanding how the autonomic nervous system regulates sweating helps explain why these symptoms occur and why they serve as important indicators of broader physiological imbalance.
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Shortness of Breath
Shortness of breath that occurs despite normal oxygen levels and clear lung tests is one of the most frightening bodily sensations. Often described as air hunger, chest tightness, or an inability to take a satisfying breath, this experience medically termed dyspnea frequently reflects nervous system dysregulation rather than lung disease. Understanding how breathing sensation is regulated by the brain, autonomic nervous system, and circulation clarifies why safety-based regulation is the true solution.
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Dry Mouth
Dry mouth that persists despite drinking plenty of water is rarely just dehydration. This article explains how saliva production is regulated by the nervous system, why stress suppresses saliva, and how chronic dryness reflects a system prioritizing protection over restoration.
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