A doctor explains what nervous system regulation really means, how chronic stress affects the body, and what helps restore ...

Your brain gets all the glory while your other nervous system, the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) toils away in thankless obscurity. What’s the PNS? Oh, merely the neurons that live outside of your ...

Our society has gotten used to chronic stress, so we often don't recognize nervous system dysregulation for what it is.

The sympathetic nervous system, which helps your heart and other vital organs function all the time, increases activity in response to danger or stress, preparing the body for extra demands. Stress is ...

While we’ve evolved to be able to respond well to immediate threats, our stress-response system is less able deal with the ...

Each part of the nervous system uses internal checks and balances to regulate its activity, responding to various factors like mood, health status, and the external environment.¹ These regulatory ...