Nervous system dysregulation describes a stress-response system that stays activated — or shut down — when it no longer needs to be. Instead of returning to baseline after stress, the system idles on alert (or in collapse), producing tension, restlessness, exhaustion or numbness as a default state. It is a pattern, not a diagnosis.
The classic tell is "tired but wired": your energy is spent, but your alarm system never got the memo. Regulation practice works by giving the system many small, repeated signals of safety until baseline moves.
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