Here's a simple way to talk about all this. Green brain: calm, focused, Thinking Brain in charge. Orange: wobbly, on edge, fidgety. Red: full alarm, fight-flight-freeze, Guard Dog running the show. Two things worth knowing. You can't think your way out of red; the thinking part is offline, remember. Body tools first, thinking tools after. And second: after a big spike, it takes your body up to an hour, sometimes ninety minutes, to come all the way back to green. So "just calm down" is biologically useless advice. Where are you right now, honestly? Drag the marker.
You can't think your way out of red. The thinking part is offline, remember. Body tools first, thinking tools after.
Self-check 
Where are you right now, honestly? Tap a zone.
The Science
Why is 'just calm down' useless advice?
