12/02/2025
5 Ways Your Body Tells You Your Nervous System Is Dysregulated
Your body always speaks before your mind does and when your nervous system is overwhelmed, it sends signals that are easy to miss until they become loud.
Here are five powerful clues that your system is asking for support:
1️⃣ You feel “tired but wired.”
Your body is exhausted, but your mind won’t slow down. You can’t drop into rest, even when you’re bone-tired. This is your stress response stuck in overdrive.
2️⃣ Little things feel *really* big.
The small inconvenience that suddenly feels catastrophic? That’s your brain shifting into protection mode because your capacity is low, not because you’re dramatic or “too sensitive.”
3️⃣ You keep getting sick.
Frequent colds, lingering symptoms, or feeling run down are signs your immune system is burning energy trying to respond to chronic stress.
4️⃣ Decision-making feels almost impossible.
Even simple choices feel overwhelming. That’s not indecisiveness, it’s a dysregulated nervous system conserving energy and avoiding cognitive load.
5️⃣ You feel isolated or disconnected.
You pull back from people you love, or you feel “far away” even in the same room. When the nervous system is overwhelmed, connection feels unsafe or too tiring.
None of this means you’re failing. These are adaptive, biological responses from a body doing its best to cope.
When you learn to support and regulate your nervous system, everything shifts; clarity, calm, connection, energy, immunity, and emotional capacity.
Your body is speaking.
You’re allowed to listen. 💛
