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Resilience & Emotional
Regulation
It’s a bit like the water in a boiling kettle getting
cooler. If we keep pressing the ‘on’ button, the
boiling water never gets cool.
When someone has stress chemicals that get too high in a bad
way, we call this ‘red stress balloon’. It’s as if we have a balloon
inside which keeps having air blown into it - more and more. In the
end, it POPS!!
Red Lenses
People who have stress chemicals turned up too high in their body
can view the world as if it is dangerous, even at times when it
isn’t. They may feel anxious before anything even happens.
We say they are wearing
‘red lens glasses’ to view
the world.
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