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489 - 8 Oddly Specific Signs Your Nervous System Is Dysregulated

22 Sep 2026 · 37 min · Episode 489

The jaw that's clenched. The 3pm brain-fog crash.

Exhausted all day, then wide awake the second your head hits the pillow.

The stomach stuff no elimination diet ever explained.

Snapping at your kids over something small and hating yourself for it an hour later.

Many of the things you've been dealing with for years, are actually your nervous system trying to tell you something.

When it's dysregulated, it can't tell you in words. So it tells you in symptoms. The jaw. The crash. The short fuse.

This week, eight oddly specific signs of a nervous system stuck in a gear it was never meant to idle in.

For each one: we'll go through what it is, why it's happening in your body, and one small thing to do about it.

What You'll Learn:

• Why your jaw, your shoulders, and shallow breathing are often the first place it shows • The reason you're exhausted all day and wide awake at bedtime • What causes brain fog and why you can't think your way out of it • Why you always get sick the minute you slow down

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