So lately I’ve been having fear of falling asleep like I could die when asleep. Also, I’m having a jerking awake sensation while nodding off, sometimes up to 30 or more times a night. Would this be sympathetic activation? Any tips to calm myself down to get some sleep?

So lately I’ve been having fear of falling asleep like I could die when asleep. Also, I’m having a jerking awake sensation while nodding off, sometimes up to 30 or more times a night. Would this be sympathetic activation? Any tips to calm myself down to get some sleep?2024-06-11T12:53:33-07:00

You touched on the hyperactivity aspect of ADHD in last week’s call and how it’s rooted in a tight brain stem.” It’s not so much rooted in the tight brain stem, it’s that the tight brain stem is a fundamental part of it. It’s rooted in hypervigilance and a tight brain stem is a fundamental part of hypervigilance, but there’s other parts as well. Your entire sympathetic nervous system is on way too much with hypervigilance. But that tight brain stem is a good place to intervene physiologically. So I just wanted to clarify that. “Can you address the hyperfocus, hyper fixation aspect of ADHD and why that would be related to survival and trauma as well? I can get very tunnel visioned to the point of dissociation and disembodiment

You touched on the hyperactivity aspect of ADHD in last week’s call and how it’s rooted in a tight brain stem.” It’s not so much rooted in the tight brain stem, it’s that the tight brain stem is a fundamental part of it. It’s rooted in hypervigilance and a tight brain stem is a fundamental part of hypervigilance, but there’s other parts as well. Your entire sympathetic nervous system is on way too much with hypervigilance. But that tight brain stem is a good place to intervene physiologically. So I just wanted to clarify that. “Can you address the hyperfocus, hyper fixation aspect of ADHD and why that would be related to survival and trauma as well? I can get very tunnel visioned to the point of dissociation and disembodiment2024-06-11T12:53:28-07:00
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