Can a person’s body really stay locked in ‘Survival Mode?’ Yes.

One of the most striking things we see in our Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), dysautonomia, and POTS patients is that their bodies are doing exactly what they were designed to do — but they can’t turn it off.

Their fight-or-flight system is stuck in overdrive.

This isn’t psychological. It’s not ‘just anxiety.’