Your Nervous System Isn’t Broken—It’s Just Overwhelmed
A grounded look at fight, flight, freeze, and fawn—and how energy healing can support you when life feels like too much.
There’s been a big shift in the wellness world lately. Everyone’s talking about “nervous system regulation.” It’s become a buzzword—something we’re all supposed to strive for, like this perfect state of calm that will magically fix everything.
But here’s the truth:
You don’t need fixing.
Your nervous system isn’t broken.
It’s responding exactly how it was designed to—based on your experiences, your environment, your past. That’s not dysfunction. That’s survival.
These patterns didn’t come out of nowhere.
They were built over time. You didn’t choose them—but your body did, because it was doing whatever it could to keep you safe.
Let’s break them down for a second:
Fight looks like anger, irritability, reactivity, needing control—because once, that kept you from getting hurt.
Flight looks like anxiety, overworking, staying busy—because stillness didn’t feel safe.
Freeze looks like disconnection, shutdown, exhaustion—because your system tapped out to avoid overwhelm.
Fawn looks like people-pleasing, over-apologizing, ignoring your own needs—because harmony felt safer than honesty.
These are not personality flaws. They’re nervous system responses. And they’re deeply intelligent—until they become the lens through which you live your entire life.
What if healing isn’t about changing yourself, but meeting yourself?
Most people think nervous system “regulation” means feeling calm all the time. Like once you heal, you’ll never get triggered, you’ll never shut down, you’ll never feel rage again. But that’s not how real life works. Healing doesn’t erase your triggers—it teaches you how to move through them with more awareness and less shame.
You’ll still have bad days.
You’ll still feel like you’re falling apart sometimes.
But you’ll know how to come back from it.
And that’s everything.
How Energy Healing Supports the Nervous System
This work is not a magic wand. But it can be a mirror. A pause. A recalibration.
When you lie in a sound bath, receive reiki, or engage in somatic-based practices, your body begins to remember what safety feels like—not just intellectually, but in your cells. The breath slows. The noise softens. And, often for the first time in a long time, your system feels held instead of hijacked.
Energy work can help you:
Shift from constant vigilance to quiet awareness
Move emotion through the body in ways that don’t feel threatening
Reconnect with your inner voice, instead of the voice of fear
Stop fighting your responses and start honoring them
Cultivate a sense of internal safety—even when the world feels chaotic
You don’t heal by forcing yourself to feel better.
You heal by being with what’s real, and letting it move.
You Are Allowed to Be a Work in Progress
You’re allowed to not have it all together. You’re allowed to get it wrong. You’re allowed to take time.
If your nervous system is overwhelmed, it’s because it’s been through something. That’s not weakness. That’s information. That’s the starting point—not the ending.
So give yourself grace.
Give yourself rest.
Give yourself credit.
You’re not broken. You’re becoming.
And that’s a powerful place to be.
Peace & power to you
💜 Liz
