🔼: [[⭐️ Emotions]] #### Emotional Regulation Emotional Regulation is what happens when [[💡 Reactive Protectors]] soothe [[💡 Emotional Dysregulation|dysregulated]] [[💡 Parts|Parts]] in order to help us stay inside of or get back into our [[💡 Window of Tolerance|Window of Tolerance]]. It's a way our [[💡 Parts|Parts]] lean on each other as we're [[🕯️ Parts Practices|getting to know them]] – [[🔑 we need our Parts, and our Parts need us]]. > [!note] > Most sources refer to "Emotional Regulation" as a state of being calm and centered. My hunch may be incorrect, but I feel this is a bit of a misnomer, conflating being in our [[💡 Window of Tolerance|Window of Tolerance]] with being in it *because* we've regulated our [[⭐️ Emotions]]. [[🔑 Regulation is often mistaken for Care]]. ###### Keys - [[🔑 Protectors are dedicated to maintaining their idea of safety, balance and homeostasis]] - [[🔑 Regulation is often mistaken for Care]] - [[🔑 Emotional Regulation is not the end goal]] - [[⭐️ Co-Regulation]] is foundational to [[⭐️ Self-Regulation]], but we need both, and we all have a unique balance of needs between the two. - [[🔑 All Emotional Regulation is Co-Regulation]] - [[🔑 We need Protectors]] ###### See Also - [[🦮 How to feel your feelings]] - [[🛡️ Emotional Suppression]] [^1]: