The amygdala cannot distinguish between a threat on a screen and a threat in the room. Both arrive as cortisol. Both arrive as locked jaw, shallow breath, the pressure behind the eyes that makes 8 PM unbearable. Three things: Open the jaw deliberately — ten seconds. The 4-8 breath — four counts in, eight counts out, the extended exhale activates the parasympathetic system. Name one thing unchanged from yesterday. Your nervous system needs a reference point; the news cycle will not provide one. Then: hawthorn for the cardiovascular system, calendula for the lymphatic, raspberry leaf for the reproductive. The body keeps score. Tend it.

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