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3 Body Cues That Signal Dysregulation

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A simple, validating printable that helps you recognize early nervous system signals and reframe them as regulation attempts, not “bad habits.”

A simple, validating printable that helps you recognize early nervous system signals and reframe them as regulation attempts, not “bad habits.”

Your body often notices dysregulation before your thoughts do.

This chart helps you listen.

3 Body Cues That Signal Dysregulation is a gentle nervous-system-awareness tool that names three of the most common physical signals that show up when your system is getting overwhelmed or over-activated:

  • Shallow or rapid breathing

  • Jaw, neck, or shoulder tension

  • Restlessness or fidgeting

Instead of labeling these as problems, this guide reframes them as what they really are: your body trying to protect, regulate, and release energy.

This is especially supportive for neurodivergent and ADHD nervous systems that are often taught to suppress these cues instead of understanding them.

Awareness creates choice. And choice creates compassion.

HOW YOU CAN USE IT

  • As a daily nervous system check-in

  • In therapy, coaching, yoga, or organizing sessions

  • To build interoceptive awareness

  • As psychoeducation for clients or groups

  • To reduce shame around movement, tension, or restlessness