Nervous System Regulation: Why You Feel Stuck in Danger
Your body cannot always tell an email apart from a real emergency. This is why that happens, and how nervous system regulation helps it learn the difference again.
7 min read
Author
Esha Verma
Content Writer at InnerSmith
Esha Verma is a Content Writer at InnerSmith, a mental wellness app, where she writes about everyday practices like meditation, breathwork, and journaling in ways that feel approachable rather than clinical. She's drawn to the intersection of psychology and digital health, and spends much of her time thinking about how people actually build habits that stick, not just what the science says they should do.
Outside of work, she's usually deep into a crime thriller, always looking for the next twist she didn't see coming.
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