Nervous System

Just a short one from me today! I'm still buzzing from some of the conversations I've had recently about our stress response. Several of my clients have said if they could just have a manual override for the switch it would be so much easier!

Unfortunately its just not possible!

THE system. Two sides of the same coin. Both vitally important!

The system enables us to feel, sense, live, love, and taste everything in our environment. These experiences and feelings would not be possible if we switched off one part.

It really is THE system. It includes our spinal cord, brain, nerves, and all the sensory neurons of the human body ALL OF THEM!!

The same response that unfortunaly can lead us into feelings of distress are the same responses that also make us feel the euphoria of eustress. You know that hot iron that you touch and your body responds by making your muscles contract and jerking you away from it........ same same.

The system gathers info on EVERYTHING temperature, body position, pain, light, hunger etc. This info is then relayed to the brain where the information is processed and interpreted. The system then sends the message back out for the action!

The same for our emotions, the system allows us the enjoyment, the love, happiness, anger, frustration, all of them, sometimes multiple at the same time. By turning of the bits that we don't enjoy means turning everything off. Everything that it is to be human.

Don't let the system control you.  There are really effective strategies to support you navigate, understand and control your stress response!

My 1:1 mini stress consult dives deeper into this area on an individual level, are you ready to look at how stress affects you?