When people talk about regulating the nervous system, it can sound abstract. A wellness concept. Something that belongs in a meditation app. But the reality is that a nervous system that learned to stay on high alert can also learn to come down. The benefits of regulating the nervous system are real. However, at first,… Continue reading 3 Things That Get Better When Your Nervous System Regulates
The conversation about ketamine therapy focuses on what it does: it’s faster than antidepressants, it may help people other treatments haven’t. What gets less attention is why, and what makes it different from options that haven’t worked before. The answer: it’s all about neuroplasticity. So, what is neuroplasticity, exactly? It’s the brain’s ability to… Continue reading How Ketamine Therapy Supports Neuroplasticity
Looking at anxiety through the lens of the nervous system helps explain why some treatments work differently than others. Ketamine treatment for anxiety can help reduce anxious thoughts, but it may also create conditions in which long-standing protective patterns become more flexible. That can make it easier to change long-standing responses that once happened automatically,… Continue reading Ketamine Treatment for Anxiety: What the Nervous System Approach Looks Like
