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Creating Chaos On 'Restful' Days
- Nicol described feeling agitated on restful Sundays and creating stress by cleaning or picking fights, despite wanting calm.
- That micro-pattern showed how people recreate familiar chaos even when they consciously desire peace.
Co-Regulation Shapes Baseline Safety
- Children rely on caregivers to co-regulate their nervous systems, so caregiver dysregulation teaches threat as normal.
- When caregivers are dysregulated, children never learn a calm baseline and carry that insecurity into adulthood.
Neuroception Spreads Unseen Stress
- Our nervous systems constantly scan environments (neuroception) and pick up others' dysregulation outside conscious awareness.
- That invisible transmission means personal stress patterns can ripple into public interactions.