Emotional Management
Self-Regulate in Your Optimal Zone
Play VideoThe window of stress tolerance is a key concept for understanding how the nervous system regulates our responses to daily challenges. By assessing our state on a scale from 1 to 10 and using techniques like visual imagery or grounding gestures, we can return to our optimal zone of balance. These simple exercises help manage stress, improve emotional regulation, and enhance decision-making in difficult situations.
Littérature scientifique associée
- Mansoor, I. (2024). Feeling Safe: A Comprehensive Systematic Literature Review of Psychiatric Disorders through the Lens of Polyvagal Theory. Life Science.
- Mansoor (2024) systematically reviews the application of Polyvagal Theory to psychiatric disorders, highlighting how autonomic nervous system dysregulation contributes to conditions like PTSD, anxiety, depression, and autism, and emphasizing the potential of therapeutic interventions focusing on nervous system regulation to enhance emotional well-being.
- Corrigan, F. M., Fisher, J. J., & Nutt, D. J. (2011). Autonomic dysregulation and the Window of Tolerance model of the effects of complex emotional trauma. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 25(1), 17–25.
- Corrigan, Fisher, and Nutt (2011) examine the Window of Tolerance model in relation to autonomic dysregulation caused by complex emotional trauma, demonstrating how traumatic stress impairs emotional regulation and triggers maladaptive coping behaviors, while proposing pharmacological and therapeutic strategies to restore nervous system balance.