Locate the signal
Notice where the activation is loudest without trying to force it away.
Right now I feel the signal in my ________.
NOTICE · NAME · RETURN
The Body-Signal Reset
A gentle check-in for the moment when your body knows something before your words catch up.
A companion resource for REGULATE, Don’t SpiralFREE READER PRACTICE
A five-step return to the present
Move slowly. A useful answer is more important than a polished one. Write privately, pause when your body asks, and return when you are ready.
Describe, don’t diagnose
Use plain sensory words instead of a story about what the feeling means.
The sensation feels like ________.
Check the immediate facts
Separate what is happening now from what your nervous system remembers.
In this exact moment, the facts are ________.
Choose one regulating action
Make the action small enough to do before solving anything else.
For the next ninety seconds, I will ________.
Delay the decision
Give your body time to settle before making a promise, reply, or conclusion.
I can revisit this decision at ________.
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