GHIA - When Your Nervous System Is Always on High Alert
A Compassionate Guide to Understanding Global High Intensity Activation
A Nervous System That Never Rests
Imagine this: Marieke is doing an ordinary household chore, but inside she feels a lot of restlessness. Her muscles are tense without her knowing why. Her thoughts race faster than she’d like. It’s as if Marieke’s body and mind never truly settle, as if there’s an alarm going off somewhere that she can’t turn off.
Or take Joost, who has been sitting on the couch for weeks when he really should be doing all sorts of things. He feels paralyzed, as if his body has become heavy as lead. Even cleaning up the dishes feels like an insurmountable mountain. Deep down he knows there are things that need to be done, but his body seems to be stuck in ‘off’ mode. Yet there’s also that undercurrent of restlessness in him, that tension he feels like a constant hum in the background. It’s as if his system is simultaneously pressing both the brake and the gas pedal.
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