#40 Feeling anxious, tense or running on adrenaline? Sympathetic overdrive could be ruining your life!#40 Feeling anxious, tense or running on adrenaline? Sympathetic overdrive could be ruining your life!
The Trauma Recovery School
Learn about sympathetic overdrive, its impact on your health, and practical steps to retrain your nervous system with Bonita Ackerman du Preez.
7:08•20 Apr 2025
Feeling Anxious or Tense? Understanding Sympathetic Overdrive
Episode Overview
- Sympathetic overdrive is when your body stays in high alert due to unresolved trauma.
- It can cause anxiety, restlessness, poor sleep, digestion issues, and burnout.
- Identifying if you're in fight, flight, freeze, or fawn mode can help you understand your responses.
- The Trauma Recovery Method helps retrain your nervous system to find balance.
- Weekly TheraCoach sessions provide ongoing support for emotional healing.
“If you've experienced trauma, your body doesn't know how to switch off. It will stay stuck in high alert and that's what we call sympathetic overdrive”
Are you constantly feeling on edge, tense, or like you're running on adrenaline? You might be stuck in sympathetic overdrive, and it could be taking a toll on your life. In this episode of The Trauma Recovery School, Bonita Ackerman du Preez breaks down what sympathetic overdrive is, how it affects your mental and physical health, and most importantly, what you can do about it.
Bonita, an award-winning master trauma recovery therapist, explains how trauma can leave your nervous system stuck in high alert mode, causing you to feel anxious, restless, and unable to relax. She shares insights on how to identify if you're in fight, flight, freeze, or fawn mode and offers practical steps to help you retrain your nervous system and find balance again.
Using real-life examples, Bonita illustrates how unresolved trauma can keep you trapped in a state of constant vigilance and how it impacts your body and mind. From poor sleep and digestion issues to anxiety and burnout, the effects of sympathetic overdrive are far-reaching. But there's hope! Bonita introduces her Trauma Recovery Method, a modular-based system designed to help you track your trauma triggers, reprogram your emotional reactions, and teach your body how to feel safe and grounded.
With weekly TheraCoach sessions, you'll learn to move out of survival mode and into a state of calm and control. If you're struggling with your health, relationships, or happiness due to trauma, this episode offers valuable tools and support to help you reclaim your life. Ready to understand your trauma response better and take the first steps toward healing? Tune in to learn more about sympathetic overdrive and how you can overcome it.
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