How to Totally Trash Your Nervous System in 5 Easy Steps (Highly Not Recommended)

Let’s be honest: No one wakes up saying,"Today’s the day I completely fry my nervous system!"And yet… it happens. Slowly. Quietly. Systematically.

As a hypnotherapist working with high-achieving professionals navigating chronic stress, burnout, and work performance issues, I see it all the time. So today, I thought I'd give you a *friendly blueprint for how to accidentally wreck your nervous system—and more importantly, how to recognize if you’re already halfway there.

Step 1: Ignore Every Signal Your Body Sends

Exhausted after work? Push harder.Chronic gut issues? Probably just bad takeout.Brain fog? Perfect time for another coffee.

If your car made this many alarming noises, you’d be at the mechanic within the week. But when it comes to our bodies, we often choose to ignore every warning light—until it's too late.

Step 2: Treat Rest Like a Luxury Item

In today’s hustle culture, relaxation is often framed as weakness. We tell ourselves there’s no time to rest, that pushing through is "what successful people do."But the truth? Chronic stress builds when we never allow the body to enter its natural recovery cycles.

You wouldn't drive your car full-throttle, 24/7, without a pit stop. Why do we expect our bodies to be different?

Step 3: Normalize Living in Survival Mode

If you find yourself reacting to emails like you're in a burning building... that's survival mode talking. Chronic stress keeps your brain’s alarm system jammed on "high alert"—even when there’s no real threat.

Over time, this damages your ability to focus, sleep, digest food, regulate emotions, and think creatively.(Pretty important things for career growth and high performance, right?)

4. Disown Your Own Body.

Power through headaches, tight shoulders, gut issues, emotional exhaustion. Forget you even have a body until it stops cooperating.

Ignoring your internal signals disconnects you from vital feedback that could actually help you manage stress better.(Trust me: your body has been trying to send you memos for a while.)

5. Believe Stress Is the Price of Success.

One of the biggest myths out there: "If I’m not stressed, I’m not succeeding."

This mindset glorifies exhaustion—and it's deeply damaging.

Your body is not a machine. Your mind is not an endless resource.

Success doesn’t require suffering; it requires sustainability.

Here’s the Good News: You Can Reset

You don’t have to live on the edge of collapse. You can actually retrain your nervous system to exit survival mode and move toward balance, creativity, and true resilience.

My Stress Rewire Hypnotherapy program works at the subconscious level, helping your mind and body release chronic tension patterns, build healthier stress responses, and support long-term career growth and work performance.

Ready to Support Your Nervous System Instead of Fighting It?

If any of those 5 "steps" felt a little too real, you’re not alone. I offer personalized hypnotherapy sessions designed to help high performers reset their stress response, improve work performance, and experience sustainable career growth—with less internal chaos.

✨ [Book a consultation today] to explore how we can work together to build a healthier, more powerful version of you. Because you deserve success without sacrificing your wellbeing.