Stuck in survival mode, that's me! I cant remember my calm self. I've had a lifetime of stress, my parasympathetic system is broken. Therapist are not trained to help you restore your system to normal homeostasis. They don't have the skills nor the tools to give us to recover. Listening to Jim made me realize they have NO clue other than sitting there listening a blinking while you talk.

This is absolutely amazing Jim, you did so well creating this video! The video is full of great information that will surely helps us address stress and know what to do in order to reduce and control it! We need to know what affects us so we can work on it, because letting it will just make it worse! Thanks a lot for this!❤

Your amazing Jim! Your helping so many people ❤

So thankful for your video’s 🙏

Thanks Jim, this surely helps me alot.

depersonalization has been taking over my life the past few months and its so terrifying. I just really wish it would go away. it’s so so hard to truly believe that if i stop worrying about it and get my body stress levels down it will go away.

Thank you Jim

I've been struggling with anxiety for 3 years now. 1st it was an initial panic attack, and then the flood gates just opened! I feel constantly in fight or flight, constant physical symptoms and panic attacks. Every day for 3 years, and I've been told by multiple doctors that I'm fine, but it's hard to believe even after all this time. Hyper stimulation is a good phrase to use for it, as I just feel constantly on edge and full of adrenaline...damn it's exhausting! Great video, but it's still hard to hear that the road to recovery is long, as it all came on so fast, it should be able to leave that fast too 😢😢

Thankyou Jim, for this amazing info🙏💓

i have always had a Problem dwelling and focusing on my Symptoms , so I’m going to work hard and try and not focus on them anymore

This country is going to pieces……the government fights for abortion up until the moment of birth…….how can I live in a world like we are living today. Can’t Imagine how anyone can live in this new normal. Make sense of what is going on in this lifetime. I can’t live much longer in a world where evil is prevalent in everything that we look at. How do I recover……I will have to leave m husband, he is a huge trigger….everything around me is a trigger. I lost my 91 year old mother in January and she was the only one that could talk me down… lost my biggest fan who never judged me, only loved me. Where do I go…..seriously, how can I possibly last that long. I am 69 and I have suffered since a young girl. Where do I go, how do I keep living? God help me and others in the same situation as myself. Time is precious…..😓😓😓

Hi Jim, I have a question that has been on my mind for a long time. The question is: How difficult is it to hyperstimulate the body by doing normal activities? I ask this, because you mention in your videos that you sometimes experience stress symptoms, when you let your stress level rise farther than you should and that you have to go into a stress reduction mode for awhile. Could you go into more detail about that? Do you stress your body willingly (by that I mean, do you know that you are going over your limits, but you choose to do it anyway)? Right now, even doing normal things will make my symptoms a lot worse (drinking coffee, alcohol, working out, riding a mountain bike, working more than a few hours every day, watching a stimulating movie). After I stabilize, will I be able to do these things in moderation without hyperstimulating my body again? In moderation I mean having a few cups of coffee in the morning, working out/riding my bike for 1-2 hours a few times a week, working normally (8 hours a day) and having a glass of wine or beer with dinner, while doing my deep relaxation and having a good sleep schedule. I am in my early 20s and when I see what my friends are doing (working out a lot, going to parties and concerts, getting drunk, working long hours, playing stimulating games and watching stimulating movies) without hyperstimulating their bodies it makes me sad and I envy them, because if I lived like them even for 1 day, I would have to go into stress reduction for weeks... Thank you for reading my long message and have a great day!

Bizarrely I found that when dropped all the stress and worry my symptoms went crazy! Exhaustion, light sensitivity and migraines. I then started to panic and now have hyper stimulation! It's such a minefield

Hi Jim, I had a wonderful little three day stretch with little thinking or focus on symptoms or occurrence of them and I noticed that I got worried about not feeling anxious almost like I deserve to feel miserable. It seems like my body really doesn't like when I start to smile or laugh and I feel the anxiety come back. It's been 13 or more years of this and I don't want to waste any more of my life living in fear.

Hi Jim. New member here. Very impressed so far 😃. BUT, I have a dilema: I think doing too much (work) in a day caused my hyperstimulation. Now I fear that any work I do increases my stress, so I would be better off relaxing all day. But if I would do that, I would start becoming afraid of doing anything else but relaxing, making me anxious to do anything but relax... I know it sounds stupid, but I am having a hard time finding balance between relaxing and working. How do I find that balance?

Hey Jim I’ve been watching your videos since long and they have really helped me coping up with my anxiety. Just one question over here , I often have episodes of Sleep Paralysis. Can it be just another Anxiety Symptom?

Its really hard for me to do stress reduction exercises because they all trigger my anxiety. Breathing exercises, meditation and all of it just triggers symptoms and even if i do nothing, depersonalisation is a constant symptom and is always present sometimes its not as bad but sometimes its so intense that i feel like nothing is even real or that im not real or something. The only thing that somewhat helps is just ignoring it all, passive acceptance but even then, symptoms pop up CONSTANTLY and i just keep getting reminded that I have these issues and its at a point where at least depersonalisation is so constant that i dont even remember what its like to not have it. Its just really hard to recover from something that is unaffected by every method and is always there no matter what i do. I have a question to, is it possible for anxiety to get worse before it gets better? For the past two weeks I have felt like anxiety has been declining slowly (except depersonalisation) but the past 3 days it seems that at least my depersonalisation has gotten MUCH worse and it literally was triggered by nothing so i was wondering if this is something anxiety does before it starts fading away more?

Hi Jim , so my Shortness of Breath Symptoms came back last week and have been here ever since , like i feel smothered and when i go to take a deep breath it feels like i cant get that satisfying breath , but i also worry and stress , can stress and anxiety actually do this to your breathing ? i have read the article on the website

Hi Jim, I am recovering slowly from a life long struggle with anxiety. I am containing well and seeing some great results but I am still very sick and symptomatic, this year has been the biggest struggle for me thus far. I have developed some huge obstacles in terms of my digestion. I have over the years of my struggle developed GERD/acid reflux/functional dyspepsia and IBS and a miriad of other stomach issues. I have had all the tests to see if my problems are more sinister in nature and I have the all clear. I have recommendations to eat a certain way for IBS and a certain way for GERD/functional dyspepsia (I also feel histamine intolerance is at play and that is another whole set of foods to avoid) and if I where to follow all the guidelines for each problem there literally would be no food on my plate. I am a very healthy eater in general but I suffer constantly and don't know what foods are causing what and I am quite debilitated/overwhelmed mentally by this, I feel it is the only thing standing in my way of true recovery! If you where me how would you tackle this scenario? I know in my heart all of my digestive issues have come from my anxiety struggle but I don't know how to solve this major problem. I think even dieticians and the type will be overwhelmed by my set of problems. I mean I can't eat anything without pain of some kind or another. I will have some days that are good and it does seem to be getting better for longer stretches at a time, but it is starting to depress me and it is certainly taking away from my quality of life. I have been trying so hard to do everything needed to overcome anxiety and this is really holding me back. I was on amitriptyline for help with migraines a while back and it really helped with my stomach issues but I have forced myself to stay the course of no meds and could absolutely do recovery without them mentally, but I feel myself starting to cave and it saddens me deeply......I would take it in an instant if it wasn't a tricyclic antidepressant.....I also really didn't have many side effects on it however it was extremely difficult to get off of. Jim, I am lost. How would you approach this if it where you? I have had an endoscope of my esophagus, I have had all the blood tests for inflammatory markers for Crohn's and such, stool samples, blood tests, I'll be getting tested for small intestinal bacteria overgrowth in a couple of weeks (highly unlikely). I am lost. I am not looking for you to save me here, but your approach that you would take would really be helpful. Thank you from all of my heart, you are a really good man to all us anxiety sufferers!❤️ You are one of God's best!!

Is this mean the return of normal pre anxiety state, or we stay fragile (never be the same) of having small future stressors can spike the sympthoms all up? And why calm state can't go all up like stress state can?

Hello and thank you so much for your videos! I have this question! I am in the face of recovering from hyperstimulation. I had anxiety symptoms months ago. I’m doing pretty well but still wake up with trembling and have some spasm in the left leg. My recovery includes breed technique reducing of stress and cold showers. So my question is what do you think about this heavy breeding technique from Wim Hof and cold shower? What about the gym and muscle training? I feel sometimes this stressed my body and don’t allow me to recover me from the hyperstimulation! Thanks so much Regards from Germany

Jim if everything triggers you then how do you calm the symptoms down enough for your body to heal..

How long is average recovery of hyperstimulation I've been on journey 20 months I say ime around small percent better with flares where feal going back or had covid it made pain worse

Hey Jim my cortisol test was normal could I still be hyper stimulated??? I'm very stressed

Hi Jim, can deep diaphragmatic breathing exercises help with muscle twitches / hyperstimulation or does it do more harm than good?

How i wieh there is no back ground music,

The background music is so distracting... it's giving me stress. Makes it hard to listen.

May I ask you something one more time? ..I have been recovering with a lot of help from your material..I have more energy and took up more activities..and dizziness lessened.. I am agin however severely alarmed by two bouts of intense vertigo spaced a month apart..please help me..does this mean I have taken up stressful responsibility too early..thank you

Please can you tell me why I don't feel like myself anymore, , I feel so fearful all the time it makes me cry, Keep thinking something is going to happen to my brain, it's in my head all the time, can't seem to calm it down, please give me some advice,

So Jim my life was ok until I doctor give me a strong antibiotic that all when I get anxiety and all the symptom I still get 3 yrs later

Taking gabs help a bit then

Can I become a member off your support group thsnkyou