Protective Education Series, No. 01 · Out now
Signalwork First Aid
When your body gets loud, flat or confusing, this is the page you open.
A field guide to reading your nervous system when pressure, noise and old patterns take over. 19 named signals, one spread each. Built for low energy.
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You’re in the middle of it right now.
Your chest is tight and your thoughts are racing. Or you feel nothing at all when you know you should feel something. Or you walked out of a conversation carrying a mood that isn’t yours, and you can’t put it down.
You know your body is telling you something. You just can’t tell what, and nobody ever taught you how. So you push past it, or you drown in it. You say yes when your body said no. You find out what was actually true two days later, when it’s already done.
Here’s what’s happening underneath. Every reaction starts as a clean signal: a shift in the breath, a drop in the stomach, a pull towards something or away from it. Then speed, pressure, other people’s moods and old habits pile on top until you can’t hear it anymore.
A covered signal isn’t a broken one.
This book names 19 of those patterns and gives each one its own spread, so you can tell which one is running and what to do about it.
One entry, one open spread. You never turn the page mid-moment.
Try one now, before you buy anything
Next time your body speeds up and something has to happen immediately:
False Urgency · page 34
- Stop. Feel your weight in the chair, the bed or the floor beneath you.
- Say it in your head: “Nothing needs to happen in the next minute.”
- Breathe out slowly, three times, before you move.
That’s the first three lines of one of the 19 entries. If it did something, the other 18 are waiting.
The 19 signals
Grouped by how it feels, so you can find yours without knowing the name first.
Find the line that sounds like right now, and go straight to the page.
What’s inside
19 field entries, one spread each
What the pattern says in your head, where it shows up in your body, the steps back, and what it’s often confused with.
The Fast Lookup Index
Organised by feel, not theory. You never have to know the name first.
The five-step Signalwork Method
Locate, verify, respond, and the rest, with a worked example.
A Low-Capacity Lane on every entry
Three lines you can read and do when you have nothing left.
A one-page Field Card and a 20-entry Signal Log
The whole book on a page for the fridge, and one line after a hard moment so you can see what repeats.
A Grounding Exit on the last page
For when it’s all too much and choosing is the hard part.
The PDF also includes the Field Card, Lookup Index and Signal Log as printables, in A4 and US Letter.
Ready when you are.
Instant download, or printed and posted with free shipping.
This is pillar one of three
The Sovereignty Integration Framework is built in three parts, in order, because each one needs the one before it.
PILLAR ONE
Signalwork
Reading your own signal before interference covers it. You can’t protect a signal you can’t hear.
Out now · Signalwork First Aid
PILLAR TWO
Fieldcraft
Holding your boundary once you can read the signal. How much of other people’s pressure you carry, and how to put it down.
Book two, in progress
PILLAR THREE
Interference Ecology
Naming the distortions themselves, where they come from and how they keep working on you.
Book three, in progress
Start here and the next two land on ground you’ve already built.
Who this is for
- Chronic illness, trauma histories or burnout
- People who feel everything too much
- People who can’t feel anything at all
- Anyone who finds out what was true two days late
- Anyone tired of being told to think positive
Who it isn’t for
- Anyone looking for a diagnosis, treatment or a cure
- Anyone wanting a 30-day programme or affirmations
- Anyone who wants to be told their body is the problem
If you’re in crisis right now, please contact your local emergency number or a crisis line first. This is education, not treatment.
Choose your format
Same book. Different jobs.
Interactive PDF
For the moment it’s happening. On your phone, in your hand, already open.
$29 AUD
$19 USD · instant download
- Clickable contents, index and page links
- Bookmarks down the side, so you land on the page in one tap
- Printable Field Card, Lookup Index and Signal Log
- Yours to keep, on every device you own
- Arrives in your inbox straight away
Paperback
For the bedside table, the bag, and the person you want to hand it to.
$50.00 AUD
$33 USD · free shipping worldwide
- 90 pages, 7 × 10 in, matte cover, perfect bound
- Lies flat enough to read one-handed
- No screen, no battery, no notifications
- Free shipping worldwide, already in the price
- No extra charge added at checkout
Prices lead in AUD. Checkout converts to your local currency, so the USD figure moves a little with the day’s rate. Still deciding? Read 17 pages free — the opening pages, the full Lookup Index and a complete entry.
Before you buy
Is this therapy?
No. It’s education, and it works alongside medical and psychological care, never instead of it. It doesn’t diagnose, treat or cure anything.
I have brain fog. Can I actually use it?
Yes, that’s what it was built for. Every entry opens with three lines you can do on an empty tank, and the Lookup Index means you never have to search.
What makes the PDF interactive?
The contents, the index and every page reference are clickable, with bookmarks down the side. Find the line that sounds like right now, tap it, and you’re on the page. No scrolling while your chest is tight.
PDF or paperback?
The PDF is faster in the moment and comes with the printables. The paperback is easier to keep by the bed. Plenty of people take both.
Is it spiritual?
It’s body literacy. No beliefs required.
Signalwork First Aid is educational. It does not diagnose, treat or cure any condition and is not a substitute for professional care. © 2026 Stillsickstillhere.
Get it before you need it.
In the middle of a hard moment you won’t have the energy to go looking.
© 2026 Still Sick Still Here. The frameworks, blueprints and tools are original works by Rory, made for education and self-reflection. They are not therapy, medical advice or crisis care. If you’re in crisis, contact local emergency services. In Australia call Lifeline on 13 11 14, and in the US call or text 988.