At the core of your health lies one fundamental question: Are you safe? This question isn’t about whether you think you’re safe, but whether you’re safe at a body-centered level—deep within the systems that regulate your body and mind. Your nervous system has three key players: the autonomic, limbic, and vagal systems. These systems all serve different functions, but they share one common goal: ensuring your body feels safe. When you’re dealing with chronic conditions like autoimmune diseases, fibromyalgia, mast cell activation syndrome, multiple chemical sensitivities, and more, the answer to that question is often no. And this deep sense of "unsafety" is what we aim to help you address. What Triggers the Nervous System to Say “No”? We’ve already introduced the trifecta of the nervous system, but what causes these systems to get out of balance in the first place? Several factors can trigger a dysregulated, overwhelmed nervous system response, leading to chronic stress and illness. 1. Environmental Triggers Your body is incredibly sensitive to its surroundings. Strong smells, toxic chemicals, or even allergens can send your nervous system into overdrive, especially if your body views them as a threat. These environmental triggers create a defensive reaction, putting your nervous system on high alert and disrupting its balance.
2. Microbial Triggers Viral infections, such as COVID-19, common colds, or more persistent viruses like shingles, can also trigger an intense response in your nervous system. When your body is fighting off infections, it can push your system into a defensive mode, activating the “fight, flight, or freeze” response, making recovery difficult. 3. Emotional Triggers Emotions have a massive impact on your well-being, often more than we realize. Relationship struggles, divorce, loss of a loved one, or the chronic illness of someone close to you can all take a toll on your nervous system. These emotional stressors can trigger a deep sense of I’m not safe—a message that reverberates throughout your autonomic, vagal, and limbic systems. When the Body Can’t Recover When any of these triggers—environmental, microbial, or emotional—activate your nervous system’s stress response, it becomes difficult for your body to recover fully. Maybe you’ve seen this firsthand. Perhaps you or someone you know caught COVID or another virus and never seemed to quite bounce back. Their nervous system was stuck in a constant state of dysregulation, preventing their body from returning to a state of balance. This inability to recover is a classic sign that the nervous system is not being addressed at a deep enough level. While supplements, medications, and therapies might offer temporary relief, they often fail to get to the root of the problem—an overworked, dysregulated nervous system stuck in a pattern of saying no to safety. Restoring Coherence and Vitality Here’s the good news: you can regain your body’s adaptability and flexibility. By addressing the root cause—your nervous system—we help you bring these three systems back into coherence and vitality. This process allows you to reclaim your ability to respond to life’s stressors, whether they are environmental, microbial, emotional or even physical. At the deepest level, true healing and transformation occur when your nervous system feels safe. At our office, we specialize in guiding you through this process, helping you reconnect with your body’s natural state of safety and balance. If you’re ready to experience adaptability, flexibility, and true vitality in your health, we’re here to help you on that journey. Let’s get your nervous system back to a place where it can say yes to healing. *** Are you dealing with chronic illness or feeling stuck in your healing process? Contact us today at Colorado Health and Wellness Center to explore how we can help you unlock the full potential of your nervous system. 720.570.2500 Want to know more about the Nervous System Trifecta? Check out this Blog!
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