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What Are the Top 20 Dysregulation Symptoms?
Toxic stress, brain-body toxins to SAADS: Shame, Anxiety, Addiction, Depression, Sickness + symptoms
• Chronic financial problems
• Shallow, bad relationships
• Overweight and/or skinny fat
• Skin, hair, nails, hormonal issues
• Procrastination, workaholism
• Sarcastic, critical, judgmental
• Toxic shame, regret, worry, anxiety
• Vulnerability avoidant, harsh inner-judge
• Feeling disconnected, isolated, numb, bored
• Bad sleep, chronic pain/fatigue, migraines
• Mental illness, bad memory/focus
• Imposter: Faking cool/nice to fit in
• Forced happiness “toxic positivity"
• Truth-Allergic: Blame, denial, excuses
• Lack self-control: Numbing, lying…
• Lack trust: Unteachable, uncoachable
• Self-harm/suicidal, promiscuous behavior
• Irritable, angry, lack compassion/tolerance...
• Ulcers, digestion/unexplained health issues
• Helplessness, hopelessness, self-pity, joykill
Toxic Stress = SAADS...Cause Brain Damage
Notice the large decayed holes in the SAADS brain where neural pathways should be

Over 7 in 10 deaths are caused by SAADS...
The Shame & SAADS Cycle
Shame, shame-talk & SAADS are the leading cause of toxic stress
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How Stress Affects Your Brain...
Madhumita Murgia, TED Talk

How Stress Damages Your Body & Brain...
Sharon Bergquist, TED Talk
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