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@rwinney

Hello @tallyguy, welcome to Connect. Thank you for sharing your well detailed, thought out tips and tricks for living with autonomic misfires. I know that your info is bound to help someone.

Fight or flight is what my body does too, from a hypersensitivity perspective. Almost like a loud speaker. I feel things stronger, hear things louder, see things brighter...it takes less to hurt, the hurt lasts longer and not as much helps the hurt. It sure can make a person feel a little crazy without fully understand it and learning how to work with it.

What a journey your mind has been on for some time now, huh? Trying to figure out the "why behind the what" can be quite consuming to oneself. And for us Type A personalities, it can be all the more challenging!

You, and perhaps @marsheng might be interested in watching the following video from Mayo Clinic's Dr. Christopher Sletten. He presents on Central Sensitization Syndrome and offers up a pretty good science lesson. Take a peak...

- https://youtu.be/vJNhdnSK3WQ

I hope the video resonates with you. Do you mind sharing if so, and in what way? Can't wait to hear your feedback. Have a peaceful evening.

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Thanks, I watched the entire video, captivated by the easy manner in which Dr. Sletten conveys his vast knowledge of the sensory nervous system within the peripheral nervous system. Quite an education, but the issues that I addressed were to the far right of the three subsystems that he wrote on the board under the peripheral nervous system--the autonomic nervous system--although I wonder if the chronic-pain sufferer wouldn't be helped by tricks, treats, and settings designed to augment the parasympathetic nervous system (rest-and-relax), given Dr. Sletten's focus at the end of his fascinating presentation on the pragmatic management of the patient and his or her physical, emotional, behavioral, and chemical inputs.

Anyhow, thanks again for the reference to the fascinating video.

Peace.