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Regulate and Reconnect
Building Safety and AwarenessYou’re in a stage where your system has carried too much for too long.Right now, your body is showing the impact of that, and you are most likely experiencing exhaustion, pain, tension, or shutdown. You may be able to function enough to survive, but not to feel alive. Everything feels like effort.You swing between numbness and overwhelm, anxiety and fatigue. Your thoughts don’t stop, but your energy does. Sleep doesn’t restore you. You’ve likely spent years overgiving, overworking, and holding yourself together for others.You tell yourself you should be coping better, but your system has been under sustained stress. It’s been running hard for too long, and it hasn’t had a real chance to recover. The exhaustion and shutdown you feel are the body’s way of forcing a pause.What’s really happeningYour nervous system has been under pressure for a long time. It has stayed alert to keep you functioning, even when you are exhausted. This constant activation is what creates the tension, pain, and fatigue. Your body has not had a chance to recover or feel safe enough to restWhat you might noticeFatigue, pain, gut issues, or brain fogRacing thoughts and restless sleepA pull to isolate or control your environment to feel safeEmotional flatness or sudden tears, irritability, or panicFeeling detached from your body or needsWhat you may believe right now“I can’t let go or everything will fall apart.”“I should be stronger than this.”“If I rest, I’ll fall behind.”What your system needsSafety before insight. Calm before change.Your next step is to create conditions that help your body reset. Begin with simple, repeatable actions that tell your system it is safe to slow down.Start smallGround in your body through breath, sound, or gentle movementSupport rest, nourishment, and daily rhythmBuild short moments of ease or quiet where nothing is required of youThis is the stage where you begin to restore capacity and rebuild trust in your own system.Your next stepThe best place to begin is with Regulate and Reconnect, the first pathway in the Loinnir journey.This is also where the 28-Day Reset lives, created to help you stabilise your system and rebuild energy before you move into deeper emotional work.