Worksheet
Understanding Your Nervous System Regulators
This worksheet guides users in recognizing personal nervous system regulators—habits and strategies that influence stress, balance, and emotional well-being. Gentle reflection and prompts help build body awareness, supporting self-regulation, resilience, and healthy choices.
How to Use This Worksheet
Review the worksheet’s lists of common nervous system regulators to increase awareness of supportive and unsupportive patterns. Complete the guided questions to notice how habits impact emotional balance and stress. Finally, use the reflection prompts to clarify what helps you feel more grounded, resilient, and connected in daily life.
Who This Worksheet Is For
This worksheet is designed for anyone wanting greater nervous system awareness, self-regulation, and emotional resilience, including individuals navigating stress, trauma, or chronic dysregulation, and therapists supporting client body-mind connection.
Expected Outcomes
- Increased clarity about personal auto-, co-, and dysregulation patterns
- More conscious choices for emotional and physical self-care
- Greater trust in supportive regulation strategies for reducing stress
- Enhanced somatic and emotional awareness for nervous system health
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References
Porges, S. W. (2025). Polyvagal Theory: Current Status, Clinical Applications, and Future Directions. Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 25(3), June 2025. https://www.clinicalneuropsychiatry.org/download/polyvagal-theory-current-status-clinical-applications-and-future-directions/
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