Settling
What is Settling?
Your nervous system downshifts from high alert toward stability.
When you might feel settling
Settling is a specific form of soothing, which itself is a type of regulating. You might experience this feeling in situations where regulating is present, particularly when the circumstances align with the nuances that define settling.
Emotional Hierarchy
Explore Settling on the Interactive Wheel
Use our free interactive feeling wheel to explore settling and discover related emotions.
Open Emotional Dysregulation ADHDRelated Emotions
Body-based focus reduces intensity and restores present-moment awareness....
Emotion becomes manageable enough for deliberate action....
You hold feelings and goals together without collapsing into extremes....
You transition out of crisis mode and back into functional mode....
You reconnect with your values and priorities....
Connection, tools, or environment make regulation easier....