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When nervous system sensitivity becomes environmental overwhelm

I can sense other people's nervous system states so clearly it overwhelms me and I avoid crowds because I absorb everyone's anxiety.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Highly sensitive nervous systems can become overwhelmed by unconscious attunement to others' emotional states, requiring boundaries and grounding practices to maintain individual regulation.

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“Where Are You with Nervous system regulation?”

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