Anna’s Reviews > The Trauma of Burnout: How to Manage Your Nervous System Before It Manages You > Status Update
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“When thoughts are racing at 100 miles an hour, calming effect is what we crave, it’s no wonder that we reach for the quickest way of achieving it…We develop a tolerance for the sedative effects of alcohol and start to require more of it to achieve the same calming results…Alcohol generally makes it harder to fall asleep and reduces the total time sleeping and the duration of deep stages of sleep achieved”
— Mar 13, 2026 03:43PM
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Anna
is 25% done
“In an inescapable situation, where our nervous systems’ first line of defense—fight or flight—has gone on for too long without success, our body does the next best things to stay safe: “freeze,” “appease,” or, as a last-ditch attempt, shut down completely which is known as “flop.”
— Feb 28, 2026 10:29AM
