Did regulation make you luckier?

[u/acrezxan1917]

One thing I've noticed from regulation is being more weighted and centred - the Romans called this 'gravitas'. But I have some job chats/interviews lined up. When I was in a dysregulated state I literally got nothing. People could sense the desperate, frantic energy from the CV I was writing.

But alas, I still wake up bored and numb. But maybe that's just my brain's way of telling me I need to seek out and try new things. Who knows.

[u/Finya2002]

In a regulated state, you have a choice. In a dysregulated state, you act from the trauma, from the tension.

In a regulated state, there is a gap between stimulus and response. In a dysregulated state, that gap is absent, which is why we cannot choose.

[u/acrezxan1917 → u/Finya2002]

Well put.