Unraveling? Your Stress Levels Are Likely Beyond Your ‘Window of Tolerance’

Tips to reset your brain and body when everything feels impossible

Michele DeMarco, PhD
Elemental
Published in
10 min readSep 21, 2020

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According to psychiatrist and neurobiologist Dr. Dan Siegel, each of us has a “window of tolerance.” Siegel coined the term to describe normal brain/body reactions, especially following adversity. The idea is that human beings…

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Michele DeMarco, PhD
Elemental

Award-winning writer, therapist, clinical ethicist, and researcher specializing in moral injury. I talk about the stuff many won’t. micheledemarco.com