Receiving support doesn’t always require a long conversation about what is wrong. It might be a friend bringing lunch and sitting with you while you eat, or a familiar joke in the middle of a difficult week.
If arranging a visit feels like another task, make the invitation small: “Could we take a short walk? I don’t have much energy to talk.”
That tells the other person how to meet you where you are. ❤️🫂
Rooting for you,
Dr. Linnea
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#support #healing #isolation #coregulation #connection
7 hours agomonaexpergo
So many of us learned that being “strong” meant handling everything alone. Sometimes breaking that pattern looks surprisingly simple: letting someone sit beside you without needing to make yourself okay first. ❤️
9 hours agoerac3252
Cries in "not an option cause I can bond to people, but people cannot bond to me" aka AuDHD.
9 hours agoallanhowls42
So what about when you have nobody (no friends, family, or love) and going out just doesn't feel safe?
2 days agothemanifesto.online
The isolated regulation phase is essential to be able to co-regulate effectively. Just catching your thoughts and interpreting how they make you feel and rehearsing how that makes you act goes a long way. Its then so much easier to regulate how you behave with others
2 days agobeyondblessedbrittney
It’s not safe to go to these spaces to reconnect without a vehicle to leave on my own terms
3 days agodr.colettesinclair
Co regulation is a must have. Humans are social animals, and that sync helps them regulate in the right way @healyournervoussystem
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