10/01/2026
💫 Every day I Must Show up
Participate in my own Healing
So Why My Nose Opens… Then Constricts Again
I’m still at it, it appears I’m still healing……so I’m also testing my patience
Jobe would be tested for sure
A real explanation — no its not “hay fever,” no its not “allergies,” no I do not need to go the doctor to be told I have some condition called “Bob.” And let’s try this medication
Yesterday my nose was glorious.
Wide open. Turbinates dilated.
Full, clean, effortless nasal breath.
Today?
Constricted.
Tight.
Like someone put scaffolding back inside my face.
People ask:
“Is it hay fever?”
No.
Calling it hay fever is like calling every bloke Bob — it names something without understanding the tissue underneath.
So here’s the real reason my nose behaves this way.
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🌬️ 1. When My Nose Opens — I’m calm in Parasympathetic
When the nose dilates, it means the body feels safe.
Parasympathetic tone rises.
Blood vessels open.
Mucosa softens.
Nitric oxide flows.
Breath becomes easy.
That’s what i saw yesterday.
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🔥 2. When My Nose Constricts — It’s Sympathetic, Not necessarily Allergy driven
Constriction is not hay fever.
It’s not an immune trigger.
It’s not “nasal drip.”
It is sympathetic, noradrenaline-driven vasoconstriction.
The nose tightens because the nervous system tightens.
This can be triggered by:
• too much screen time
• too much scrolling
• too much TV
• too much bright light
• too much cognitive load
• not enough movement
• emotional strain
• physical fatigue
All the things that keep noradrenaline elevated.
So yes — screen time absolutely affects noradrenaline, and depletes dopamine
And noradrenaline affects nasal dilation.
Noradrenaline structurally + physiologically triggered by pseudoephidrines
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💊 3. What About Pseudoephidrine?
People take pseudoephidrine because it creates vasoconstriction to reduce mucus.
I don’t need that.
My issue is not mucus.
I do not have hay fever or allergic rhinitis.
For me, constriction is neurological —
not allergic.
And here’s the kicker:
Pseudoephidrine reinforces the SAME sympathetic constriction I’m trying to reduce.
It can tighten tissues, compress sutures, and disrupt the entire cranial airflow pathway.
Why would I add more tightening when I’m trying to heal?
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🌙 4. Why I Wake at 2am — And Why My Walk Helps
This is not advice for everyone — this is my pattern.
Every night, I wake around 2am.
I used to fight it.
Now I walk, no fight
A quiet, slow, precise, educated in the dark, a walk in the cool night air:
• no screens
• no bright lights
• no sympathetic triggers
• full vestibular reset
• fascial gliding
• joint decompression
• diaphragm restored
• pattern generators reactivated
And then…
I fall asleep effortlessly.
Last night I got distracted.
No walk.
I looked at screen
I went into busy mode
And today — surprise surprise — the nose tightened.
All tissue types constricted
Not pathology.
Just physiology.
Just sympathetic tone not being offloaded.
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🌤️ 5. The Nose Tells the Truth
Your nose is a barometer.
It shows you your state.
When it opens → you’re regulating.
When it constricts → you’re overloaded.
This isn’t allergy.
This isn’t hay fever.
This isn’t “just nasal drip.”
It’s your nervous system speaking, loudly and honestly.
And in my case,
it’s telling the story of a face healing,
a neural network reorganising,
and a body learning safety again —
one breath at a time.
What did I do
1…nasal irrigation warm saline
2. I walked and manually loaded the nasal sutures.
3. Upgraded the walk to trigger a more complete nasal breath