{"id":6738,"date":"2025-10-05T19:30:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T19:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/traumanet.nl\/?post_type=infotheek&p=6738"},"modified":"2026-10-06T10:21:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T10:21:00","slug":"dealing-with-dysregulation","status":"publish","type":"infotheek","link":"https:\/\/traumanet.nl\/en\/infotheek\/omgaan-met-ontregeling\/","title":{"rendered":"Dealing with dysregulation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In this article by Annelies, a physician and expert by experience, you will find several examples that can help you regulate yourself. The examples were contributed by people with lived experience surrounding trauma. <\/strong><\/p>

The information about the Window of Tolerance<\/a> it helps to understand how your system responds to stress and threat. This article refers to that.<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div>

Am I dysregulated?\u00a0<\/h2>

First of all, it is important to even be able to notice that you are dysregulated. This sounds very simple, but it can sometimes be quite difficult. Sometimes you are so used to a dysregulated state that it has started to feel like \u2018normal.\u2019 Or you get so sucked into it that you can no longer keep your distance and no longer fully realize that you can do something yourself to improve your state.\u00a0<\/p>

Two states of disorder<\/b><\/h2>

Too much tension: hyperarousal<\/h3>

The condition where you have too much tension in your system is also called hyperarousal. You can then feel very tense, restless, anxious, or angry. Your body has you fight-or-flight response<\/a> activated, which can cause you to have the urge to take action and do things. In this state, your body is often tense and you may hold the belief that the world is a threatening and\/or frightening place.\u00a0<\/p>

Too little tension: hypoarousal<\/h3>

The state where you have too little tension in your system is also called hypo-arousal. In this state, you can feel very flat, shut down, numb, or absent. Your body has engaged the system of passive freeze and collapse. The world can feel empty or alienated, and feelings of worthlessness, hopelessness, and loneliness are common. Your body feels limp and energeless, and you can dissociated<\/a> be.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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