Principlev1
During acute crisis, apply high regulation to stabilize
During acute crisis, apply high regulation to stabilize immediate response, then deliberately deregulate once crisis passes to process accumulated emotional activation.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from threat processing (Subcortical Fast-Pathway Threat Processing), prefrontal override timing (The prefrontal cortex requires time to override limbic), and action preparation (Emotions prepare the body for specific physical actions, Physical movement can complete physiological action). Prescribes temporal sequencing of regulation—when to regulate and when to allow processing—grounded in understanding crisis response architecture.