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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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