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Why You Can’t Slow Down Even When Exhausted: The Dysregulated Nervous System Trap (And How to Escape It)
Wired-but-Tired, Cortisol, Burnout Olivier Sanchez Wired-but-Tired, Cortisol, Burnout Olivier Sanchez

Why You Can’t Slow Down Even When Exhausted: The Dysregulated Nervous System Trap (And How to Escape It)

Why You Can’t Slow Down Even When Exhausted: The Dysregulated Nervous System Trap (And How to Escape It)

You collapse onto the sofa, utterly spent. Yet instead of feeling calm, your mind races. Your shoulders tighten up. Sleep becomes a problem. Even “doing nothing” feels wrong.

This isn’t laziness or failure. It’s sympathetic dominance; a dysregulated nervous system stuck in survival mode, refusing to downshift even when your tank is empty.

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Children’s Mental Health: A Holistic and Integrative Perspective

Children’s Mental Health: A Holistic and Integrative Perspective

Children’s Mental Health: A Holistic and Integrative Perspective

A critical review of the BBC article: “Teen mental health: When to seek help and what parents can do.”

The BBC’s recent article brings much-needed attention to the rising rates of anxiety, depression, and emotional distress among young people. It highlights the importance of open communication, emotional support, and timely access to mental health services. However, several limitations become apparent when viewed through a holistic, naturopathic, and functional medicine lens, especially its omission of nutrition, gut health, and lifestyle medicine, as practitioners and parents increasingly seek holistic solutions. These factors are now recognised as foundational pillars in both preventing and addressing mental health challenges in children and adolescents.

Read the fully-referenced article here.

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