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Why Your Physical Symptoms Won’t Go Away (Until You Hear This)

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Danita Young

CBT | NLP Coach | Health Specialist

Key Takeaways

  • Your physical symptoms aren’t random—they’re your body signaling it’s stuck in survival mode and unable to heal.
  • Feeling “fine” at times but still experiencing symptoms means your nervous system is finally safe enough to reveal what it’s been holding inside.
  • Your brain’s survival systems aren’t broken—they’re just overprotecting you based on past fear and stress patterns.
  • True healing requires shifting your nervous system from constant high alert into a state of calm safety.
  • You don’t need more coping tricks—you need nervous system retraining to break free from chronic fight-or-flight.
  • Healing begins when your body consistently receives clear signals automatically that it is safe to relax, repair, and thrive.

🧠 What’s Really Causing the Physical Symptoms

Let’s break this down simply (but the video does a better job, so I’d suggest watching that)

Every system in your body—immune, digestive, hormonal, cardiovascular—is controlled by your nervous system.
And your nervous system has two main modes:

  • Sympathetic = Fight, flight, or freeze

  • Parasympathetic = Rest, heal, and grow

If you’re stuck in the sympathetic state, your body contracts.
It tenses.
It stops repairing.
And it begins to speak to you through physical symptoms.

🚦The Traffic Light of Your Nervous System

Think of your nervous system like a traffic light:

🟥 Red = Shutdown
You feel frozen, numb, depressed, hopeless.

🟨 Yellow = Fight or Flight
You’re anxious, irritated, restless. This is where most people live without realizing it.

🟩 Green = Calm, Clear, and Capable
You feel grounded. Your body feels safe enough to heal.

Most people never access the green zone—not because they’re weak, but because their brain has been wired for survival.

Why Symptoms Show Up When You’re “Doing Fine”

Sound familiar?
You finally rest.
You get a break.
And then—you crash.
Headaches. Bloating. Brain fog. Insomnia. Panic.
Why now?
Because when your body finally gets quiet, it speaks.
It’s not punishing you.
It’s finally safe enough to whisper what it’s been holding in.

Your Brain’s 3 Survival Traps

These are the systems running in the background—keeping you in survival mode even when there’s no actual threat:
1. Amygdala – Your Fear Scanner
Always on alert.
When it’s overactive, even a delayed text feels dangerous.

2. Basal Ganglia – Your Pattern Looper
It runs your habits and reactions.
If it learned chaos or fear, it repeats them automatically.

3. Reticular Activating System (RAS) – Your Attention Filter
It controls what you notice.
When wired for survival, it blocks the good and amplifies the bad.
These systems aren’t broken.
They’re just doing what they were trained to do.


How to Rewire Your System (Without Burning Out)

You don’t need another coping tool.
You need to retrain the system that’s stuck on high alert.

Start here:

🧠 Identify what zone you’re in
🌬️ Use safety cues to calm the system
🔁 Teach your brain that daily life isn’t a threat.
💪 Eventually it becomes automatic

This isn’t mindset work.
It’s nervous system alignment.

Important Note

But what if I’ve tried everything and nothing works?” You haven’t failed—your nervous system just hasn’t felt safe enough to let go. This isn’t about willpower. It’s about rewiring it in an easy way at the root 

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