Learning about my nervous system

Hello, I’m struggling with a lot of overwhelm around my nervous system. It shuts down and I have a hard time regulating it. In the podcasts I’ve heard Maisie talk about learning about the nervous system within the flow collective but I haven’t found a specific course or webinar on that subject yet – what / where would be the best way for me to learn how to recognize and overwhelmed system + start regulating my nervous system?

Answer:

Great question! The Creating Safety webinar in the Cycle Toolkit tab is an excellent place to start. As a follow-up, watch Somatics with Victoria Albina in the Bonuses tab. Both of these webinars give you wonderful, real-time tools for befriending and bringing awareness to your nervous system and regulating it. Once you’ve watched them, bring back anything that comes up for you to AAC. We are here to help you.
Another thing I see here is that you know that you shut down…which tells me that you can recognize when you go into overwhelm. Where do you feel it in your body when you realize, “I’m about to shut down.”? This is good data to start with…being able to identify the signs and symptoms that you’re descending the autonomic ladder.