Do you know how to quiet your mind and body? Do you know how to reach out to someone else who can help you to quiet if you can’t deal with what is going on inside or outside?

Lowering my own energy level so I can rest after both joyful and upsetting emotions, as I need to and on my own, makes me feel stable. This self-soothing capacity is the strongest predictor of good mental health for the lifetime.

Technical description: Release-on-demand of serotonin by the vegetative branch of parasympathetic nervous system quiets both positive and distressing emotional states.