21/04/2026
There’s this idea that being “regulated” means calm, soft, and smiling all the time.
It doesn’t.
Sometimes regulation looks like:
– feeling everything hit at once
– getting irritated over small things
– wanting everyone to stop talking immediately
– and yes… even feeling angry
Being overstimulated is your nervous system saying “this is too much.”
And if you’re in a safe space?
You’re allowed to release it.
Not by hurting people.
Not by projecting it onto others.
But by letting the emotion move through you instead of bottling it up.
Because when you suppress it…
it doesn’t disappear.
It builds.
It leaks.
It explodes later in ways that don’t feel good for you or the people around you.
Regulation isn’t about being calm all the time.
It’s about honouring what’s actually there... including the messy, loud, “not-so-sweet” parts.
👤 Caitlyn Collins - Alternative Therapist (B.Psych.Sci)
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