Anxiety

April 10, 2025

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The Real Reason You Can’t Relax:

It’s Not in Your Head. Your nervous system is just exhausted — and it needs support.

Rachel Morgan

April 10, 2025

From ambitious career highs to a silent internal breakdown, Rachel Morgan — a driven product manager — shares her unexpected journey through anxiety and her discovery of a natural nervous system reset. Read her personal transformation below...

From “Just Stressed” to Totally Fried: My Struggle With Anxiety I Couldn’t Name

Hi, I’m Rachel. I work in tech, in product management. The job is intense, fast-paced, and highly rewarding — or at least it used to be. I prided myself on handling pressure. Deadlines. Demanding clients. Late-night presentations. It was part of the hustle.

But over time, I started to notice something had shifted — and not in a good way. I began waking up already tired. My heart would race for no reason. My jaw would ache from clenching. I found myself snapping at loved ones over the tiniest things. It felt like I was always bracing for something to go wrong — even when nothing was.

I didn’t feel 'stressed.' I felt hijacked by my own body. Like I was being chased even when sitting still. People kept telling me “just take a break.” But breaks didn’t help.

The worst part? It didn’t even register as anxiety at first. I thought I was just 'not managing stress well' But this wasn’t just stress. This was my body sounding alarms 24/7 — and me not knowing how to turn them off.

I Thought It Was All in My Head. Turns Out, It Was in My Nervous System.

I tried everything that wellness culture recommends.

Therapy? Helpful — but didn’t touch the wired, physical tension.

Supplements like ashwagandha, magnesium, and melatonin? Either ineffective or left me groggy and disconnected.

I downloaded every meditation and breathwork app .

Sometimes they helped — but only if I caught the anxiety before it took over.

Once it did, no amount of breathing slowed the storm.

I even considered medication. I’ve seen it work wonders for friends. But I hesitated. I didn’t want to be numb.

I didn’t want to rely on something forever.
I didn’t want to sedate my brain — I wanted to help it function better.

The truth is, I wasn’t looking for another way to cope. I was looking for a way to regulate.

Is it sounds like you ?
You wake up already tense — like your body never fully shut down
You feel wired and overwhelmed, even when nothing's “wrong”
You’ve tried magnesium, journaling, meditation — but the tension always comes back
You’re tired of “managing anxiety” — you just want to feel normal again

An Unexpected Conversation: The Game-Changing Realization

A turning point came at a brunch with my college friend who’s now a neuroscience researcher. She listened carefully, then said something that stopped me: “This isn’t in your head. It’s in your nervous system. Your GABA pathways are probably exhausted.” 

She explained that GABA is the neurotransmitter responsible for calming the brain.  Chronic stress wears it down. And without it, the body can’t switch off. Then she mentioned something I hadn’t heard of: muscimol, a compound from the Amanita mushroom that targets GABA-A receptors directly — the body’s natural calming circuit. 

She recommended a product called Present Perfect, which contains a safe amount of muscimol. She assured me it isn’t a hallucinogen, a tranquilizer, or a quick fix — it is a nervous system recalibrator.

Trying Present Perfect: The Start of My Transformation

Regulates cognitive overwhelm
Supports focus and clarity
Promotes deeper sleep
Improves emotional regulation
No stimulants, no suppression

I’ll be honest. I was skeptical. Mushrooms? Nervous system reset? But I was also out of options. I ordered a bottle.

"The first night I took Present Perfect, I didn’t feel drugged — I just noticed my jaw wasn’t tight. My mind wasn’t racing. And I fell asleep without bargaining with my thoughts."

The days that followed confirmed it wasn’t a fluke. I started noticing things I hadn’t even realized I’d lost:

My shoulders weren’t glued to my ears.
I didn’t immediately catastrophize when something went wrong at work.
I was able to pause and breathe instead of instantly reacting.

It wasn’t magic. It was my body finally having the signal it needed to stand down.

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Understanding Why It Works: The Science Behind Present Perfect

Here’s what I learned.

Most calming supplements try to influence the stress response indirectly. They nudge hormones or provide general support. But Present Perfect works at the level of GABA-A receptors — means the root of a problem. 

That’s because Amanita Mushroom supports the body’s existing ability to regulate — it doesn’t override or suppress anything. It tells your system: "You’re safe. You can turn down the alarm."

Plant-based, clinically clean formula
Targets the root, not just the symptoms
No melatonin, serotonin hacks, or band-aid tricks

Two Weeks In: The Results That Made Me Believe Again

By the end of my second week using Present Perfect daily, here’s what had shifted:

My sleep was deeper, uninterrupted, and restorative
My emotional reactivity dropped dramatically
I no longer dreaded sitting still or doing nothing
I could focus again — without white-knuckling it

And maybe most importantly, I could finally feel calm without feeling flat. I was regulated, not numbed. I had range again.

After a few days, the shifts were obvious:

My chest wasn’t tight for the first time in months
I slept through the night without racing thoughts
I could focus again — like real, deep work
I stopped overreacting to minor stress

And most of all… I finally felt like myself again.

The New Normal: What It Feels Like When Your Nervous System Is Finally Regulated

These days, I still work in a demanding field. I still have deadlines, complex projects, last-minute fires. But my system doesn’t treat everything like a threat anymore. I sleep. I focus. I move through stress instead of freezing in it. I still feel. But I don’t spiral. My nervous system knows how to come down now — because it’s finally supported.

If You’ve Tried Everything and Still Feel Off — Try Present Perfect

If your body is always tense... if your thoughts never stop... if you wake up tired... if you cancel plans because you’re overwhelmed... It might not be you. It might be your nervous system begging for help.

Try Present Perfect – in three weeks, you won’t recognise yourself. You’ll wake up calm. Work with focus. Sleep without a struggle.