The dopamine-emotion connection you mention here is crucial. So many adults I meet think they're "too sensitive" when actually their emotional regulation system is working with different neurochemical wiring. The amygdala doesn't care about social acceptability—it just responds.
This concept of the 90-second physiological wave is eye-opening. Realized I've been retriggering the same anger over and over by replaying scenarios. Kinda changes the entire framework from "I have too much emotion" to "I'm stuck in a loop". Wondered for years why things felt endless when the actual trigger was tiny, now I see the reactivation mechansim.
I just realised I wrote another 3 articles last year on the same subject about the 90 second rule, maybe you check them out, they’re somewhere in my archive. This one is sort of a reminder and I thought calling it switch was more easy to remember.
I like how you think! Thanks for caring enough about the rest of us to share what goes on in that brilliant mind of yours so your thoughts can help us, too!
The dopamine-emotion connection you mention here is crucial. So many adults I meet think they're "too sensitive" when actually their emotional regulation system is working with different neurochemical wiring. The amygdala doesn't care about social acceptability—it just responds.
This concept of the 90-second physiological wave is eye-opening. Realized I've been retriggering the same anger over and over by replaying scenarios. Kinda changes the entire framework from "I have too much emotion" to "I'm stuck in a loop". Wondered for years why things felt endless when the actual trigger was tiny, now I see the reactivation mechansim.
I wrote about emotional dysregulation too. Interesting how as different as our voices and approaches are, how we hit on the same core truths.
Check out the first chapter and the unquiet heart.
https://autismaudhdadhd.substack.com/p/the-neurodivergent-art-of-war-the?r=6dwxmk
I just realised I wrote another 3 articles last year on the same subject about the 90 second rule, maybe you check them out, they’re somewhere in my archive. This one is sort of a reminder and I thought calling it switch was more easy to remember.
I like how you think! Thanks for caring enough about the rest of us to share what goes on in that brilliant mind of yours so your thoughts can help us, too!