Show Notes
Clinical psychologist, therapist and ADHD expert Dr Jacob Ambrose returns to explore what a dysregulated nervous system really looks like, why anxiety and hypervigilance can become your normal, and what happens when you finally begin to feel safe.
We discuss why rest can initially feel uncomfortable, the difference between being perceptive and hypervigilant, why rejection can feel so personal, and a difficult question: if fear has powered you for most of your life, what replaces it when you begin to heal?
Chapters:
01:14 What does ‘healing your nervous system’ actually mean
02:17 What does a dysregulated nervous system actually look like
04:50 Why healing makes you feel worse to start with
06:21 The first rule of healing
08:06 The big emotions that come with healing
12:23 How healing reduces anxiety and makes you less productive
17:42 If your life has been powered by fear, what replaces it
19:31 How can you feel exhausted but not realise
21:10 Restorative solitude vs unhealthy isolation
23:55 Tiimo advert
25:30 The early warning signs of a dysregulated nervous system
29:22 Why reason leaves you when you’re triggered
32:51 When rejection stops feeling so personal
37:23 The difference between being perceptive and hypervigilant
38:51 Are you healing when things that bothered you no longer do
41:42 Healing from narcissistic abuse
47:37 Advice for anyone who’s trying to heal
48:49 A letter to my younger self
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Producer: Timon Woodward
Recorded by: Hamlin Studios
Trailer editor: Ryan Faber
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