Can't Relax No Matter What You Try? Nervous System Regulation Explained

Can't Relax No Matter What You Try? Nervous System Regulation Explained

Tried breathwork, silent retreats, sound baths and every calming app going, and still can't relax? You're not bad at it. Your nervous system might just need something different.

In episode 3 of DAM Trauma, trauma therapist Adina Petre explains nervous system regulation in plain English. No Latin, no diagrams, no pressure.

In this episode:

– What regulation actually means (it isn't feeling calm all the time)

– The window of tolerance, hyperarousal and hypoarousal, for parents running on empty

– Why fight, flight and freeze are automatic, not a willpower problem

– Co-regulation when your support network is a plane ride away

– What constantly adapting to a new country does to your nervous system

– The one thing Adina says doesn't exist at all

– A simple, slightly playful tool you can build tonight from an old shoebox

For international, expat and immigrant parents in the Netherlands dealing with parental burnout, brain fog, the mental load and the everyday stress of raising a family abroad.

If this episode brings up something bigger than a podcast can hold, talk to your huisarts or contact Adina directly.

Adina Petre: Instagram

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