Your Personalized Relief Plan

At BEST SELF, our focus is on self-awareness so that we can make changes. Those who experience long-term illness tend to live in chronic fight-or-flight mode, or what might also be referred to as chronic stress response. This response can manifest in various tangible ways in people's lives, affecting their behavior, health, and daily routines:

BEST SELF will help you to become clear on the specific strategies required for your chronic illness. If implemented, will allow you to start driving your life forward in a direction that is meaningful to you. BEST SELF can also help you to identity the steps that you need to take for getting started:

Overwhelmed by To-Do Lists: Constantly creating long to-do lists and feeling overwhelmed, yet unable to step back or prioritize relaxation, as doing so might feel like losing control or time.

• Outcome: Clarity of purpose and freedom from established priorities and boundaries to create excitement and expansion when establishing daily tasks.

Hyper-Vigilance: Always being on edge or jumpy, anticipating problems or threats in everyday situations, which can lead to exhaustion due to constant alertness.

• Outcome: Develop an awareness of 'Locus of Control' and establish strategies for possible issues. This awareness will free up energy and direct it more intentionally and productively.

Difficulty Relaxing: It is hard to unwind or engage in leisure activities because the mind is always racing or preparing for the next challenge, making relaxation feel unproductive or stressful.

• Outcome: Establish a mind-body connection that will empower freedom to relax, unwind, and be fully present during leisure activities.

Sleep Issues: Experiencing insomnia or disturbed sleep patterns, as the body remains tense and the mind is active, making it hard to fall or stay asleep.

• Outcome: Understand your sleep patterns and what your body requires to enter a state of rest. Increasing your rest time through structured action, thus enhancing the quality of your life.

Physical Health Problems: Suffering from stress-related health issues like high blood pressure, headaches, muscle tension, or gastrointestinal problems due to the body being in a constant state of stress.

• Outcome: Experience the art of making peace with your health issues and develop an expanded awareness of what your specific health issue is communicating. Take empowered, intentional action that enables relief from your symptoms.

Short Temper and Irritability: Showing a reduced tolerance for frustration, resulting in snappiness or irritability over minor inconveniences or interruptions.

• Outcome: Embracing the irritability and listening for the clues behind it. Gain clarity on the frustrations urging you to take action, request support, or establish boundaries. 

Anxiety and Paranoia: Feeling anxious about potential future threats or obsessing over what could go wrong, which can sometimes verge into paranoia.

• Outcome: Establish a deep connection to your humanity and a profound sense of humility to serve your mission.

Control Issues: Attempting to micromanage environments and people as a way to mitigate perceived threats, leading to strained relationships and increased stress.

• Outcome: Expand a culture of honor within your relationships, increasing connection quality, playfulness, and joy.

Avoidance Behavior: Procrastinating or avoiding situations, people, or tasks that are perceived as threats, which can affect personal and professional life.

• Outcome: Develop a deep connection with your calling, along with strategies for navigating situations, people, and tasks that do not serve it.

Substance Use: Relying on substances like alcohol, nicotine, or caffeine excessively to manage stress or to feel more alert, which can lead to dependency.

• Outcome: Develop a freedom strategy that addresses the underlying needs for substance use and healthy ways to meet those needs.

Individuals in chronic fight-or-flight mode might not realize the extent of their stress or how it's affecting their lives as they've become accustomed to this heightened state of alertness. At BEST SELF we promote recognition and acknowledgment of these signs as the first step towards seeking healthier coping mechanisms and support.