09/21/2026
There's a line on my intake form that most people skip right over. "Nervous system dysregulation." It sounds like something a doctor would write, so people leave it blank and move on.
Here's what it actually means.
It's when your body's stress-response system stays switched on long after the threat has passed. The thing that was supposed to help you run from danger forgets how to power down.
You already know the feeling, even if you've never had a name for it.
It's lying awake wired and exhausted at the same time. It's your shoulders up by your ears before you've even finished your coffee. It's snapping at someone you love over nothing, then feeling awful about it. It's that low hum of bracing for something, and you can't say what.
That's not a character flaw. You're not being dramatic or weak. It's a body that learned to stay on guard and hasn't been shown it's safe to rest yet.
This is why I list it right there in the vibroacoustic therapy descriptions. The sound and frequency work gives your body a felt cue that it can come down out of that guarded state. Nobody talks you out of it. The system settles from the inside.
So if you saw that term and thought it didn't apply to you, look again. It might be the most familiar thing on the whole form. π€