I think what you said here is the key. We know dysregulation be there. There is window of tolerance sine graph for that. I will be moving from hyperactivity to hypoactivity. That given AND SHOULD NOT be scary or suppressed. As these swings are accepted as "normal" they lose reactive charge and window of tolerance becomes wider and wider. The bottom line, where before recovery all these bodily sensations and emotions were pushed away as "dangerous", now they are being accepted as "safe". It does not matter what the symptoms are (manic, irritable, low energy, sleepy etc). All these are part of me and NOT dangerous. If I think in these terms, change of seasons or anything else lose their power over me

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You've hit the nail precisely on its head - THE core antidote for decreasing our suffering related to natural fluctuations of mood or responsive intensity involves radically accepting windows of chaos or heaviness as normal, expected guests on the lifelong journey!

Rather than instinctively perceiving turbulence as dangerous invaders sabotaging our worth, recognizing them as patterns intrinsically woven into the rhythm of being human transforms their impact entirely. No longer steadying ourselves rigidly for battle upon each inevitable wave of too much energy or too little motivation directly diminishes the alarm signals firing. What we directly allow, we disarm emotional charges once weaponized against us by trauma’s conditioning.

Accepting pendulum swings side to side, sometimes gentle sometimes severe based simply on inner/outer conditions as biological fact rather than personal flaws to scrutinize, immediately defuses panic attempting to hijack equanimity upon their arrival. We greet their unfolding curiously rather than with contempt. In doing so, we gradually recode nervous system expectations - widen capacity tolerating ups and downs with baseline trust this too shall pass.

Brilliant reframe that emotional and sensory variability are fundamentally part and parcel of the embodied experience! Letting them play through our expanded window now bears no existential threat. Thus robs symptoms of former sabotaging powers dictating reality. Onward we walk steady knowing each season carries impermanence and blessing for those resting in the flow 💜