Your Body’s Emergency Signals: Before Crisis Hits with Nurse Peggy
What if your symptoms are warnings, not inconveniences?
How many signs does the body give before it breaks down?
Are you listening to your body, or just silencing it?
What are Your Body’s Emergency Signals: Before Crisis Hits?
Hello and welcome to Medical Intuitive Insights. I am your host, Dr. Gloria C. Warren. The body does not suddenly fail; it signals first.
What are the Emergency Signals from your body? Why do we ignore them? And what are the common signals? Most importantly, we will then discuss how to respond to them.
THIS IS THE SHOW where we take the medical ADD THE intuitive PROVIDE THE preventive perspective
Here joining us today is our guest Nurse Peggy Smith from her show, The Holistic Nurse with Peggy Smith. Hello Peggy, and welcome to our show.
“The body is always communicating. Crisis happens when communication is ignored long enough.”
Segment 1: What Are ‘Emergency Signals’?
Explain that emergency signals are early warning signs the body sends before disease, diagnosis, or breakdown.
Persistent fatigue; Anxiety without an obvious cause; Digestive disruption; Sleep disturbances; Brain fog; Unexplained pain or inflammation
Nervous system dysregulation; Inflammatory signaling; Hormonal imbalance
1. Nervous System Dysregulation
(Autonomic imbalance: sympathetic overdrive / parasympathetic suppression)
Shallow breathing or air hunger
Sleep disturbances (especially waking between 2–4 a.m.)
Digestive irregularities (IBS-like symptoms)
Heightened startle response
Difficulty relaxing even when “nothing is wrong.”
Feeling constantly “on edge” or hyper-alert
Crashing emotionally or physically after stress
Needing constant stimulation (coffee, screens) to function
Feeling exhausted but unable to rest
“This is not a weakness, it’s a nervous system stuck in survival mode.”
2. Inflammatory Signaling
(Chronic, low-grade inflammation is often invisible on routine labs)
Skin conditions (eczema, psoriasis, rashes)
Heightened pain sensitivity
“I wake up stiff for no reason.” Pain that moves around the body; Feeling flu-like without being sick; or Symptoms worsen during emotional stress
“Inflammation is the body’s alarm system; it rises when the body feels threatened, overwhelmed, or unsafe.”
(Cortisol, insulin, thyroid, sex hormones, melatonin)
Weight changes despite no lifestyle changes
Fatigue that doesn’t improve with sleep
Mood swings or irritability
Irregular cycles or libido changes