A dysregulated nervous system is not broken or malfunctioning; it is a loyal survival mechanism performing sophisticated responses it learned were necessary in past environments. Lasting regulation is achieved by updating these subconscious calibrations to reflect that the threat has passed, allowing the system to reset its baseline to a state of calm. You wake up at 6:14 and the anxiety arrives before your eyes are open. There is nothing wrong. Nothing has happened. Your body has simply switched on, as it does every morning, into a low-grade state of alarm. You make coffee. You move through the day. At some point, in response to something quite small, you snap at someone you love and immediately hate yourself for it. By evening you are exhausted in a way that has very little to do with what you actually did. You think, again, the familiar thought: something is wrong with me . Nothing is