Headaches, Nausea and your Nervous System
/Today I want to talk about how to understand what's happening in your body in relationship to your nervous system.
When you have a headache, feel nauseous or have pain my guess is you have strategies to take care of them. Perhaps you reach for the Advil bottle or eat an edible or you're down for the count needing to hide in your bed under the covers for the rest of the day.
None of these strategies are wrong or bad (the Advil is questionable), however did you know that these are all signs your nervous system is giving you that you're overloaded.
Yes, these symptoms are a message from your BodyHome telling you that you are moving towards a state or freeze or dorsal. And that energy that's causing the discomfort is yearning to complete. It is so powerful to know this because when you have mapped your nervous system you will have a clear idea of what is happening. And when you know what nervous system state you're in, you can let go of trying to analyze or figure out why you feel the way you feel. What a relief! Instead, you'll utilize the simple somatic tools that work for you to support your system in coming back to a state of regulation (where you feel good).
In my experience, I've seen pain and headaches be relieved inside of one session with countless clients. I've also relieved my own discomfort and suffering.
I used to get nauseous and dizzy ALL THE TIME since I was a little girl. I remember my mom used to give me some green syrupy cough medicine before bed so that I wouldn't get dizzy when I woke up. It worked sometimes but it was just masking the fact that my nervous system was overloaded. It wasn't until I started repatterining my nervous system that those dizzy spells started to diminish. When I do feel nausea or dizziness coming on, I recognize that my system is in overload and I can support my system to move towards regulation clearing those symptoms.
THIS IS A SUPERPOWER!
It doesn't matter how long you have had these symptoms or how old you are. You can re-pattern how your system responds to stress.
Most importantly, you deserve to understand how your body works and how you can work with it.
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