Emotional Overwhelm & Inner Overload
Learn why emotional overwhelm occurs when your brain receives more sensory and emotional input than it evolved to handle.
Living With an Elevated Baseline
Life is lived
at an elevated baseline.
Energy stays higher
than needed.
Calm feels unfamiliar.
This is not anxiety
by choice.
It is adaptation.
The system adjusted
to long-term demand.
Normalizing this
removes shame.
You are not failing
to relax—
you are calibrated
higher than before.
Recognition
is the beginning
of recalibration.
Normalize elevated baseline with DojoWell.
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Frequently Asked Questions
I feel "on edge" even when I'm on vacation. Is this my new normal?
You are "Living with an Elevated Baseline." Chronic stress has "re-tuned" your nervous system to a higher level of arousal. In the Meaning Density Model™, this heightened state has become your "Normal Architecture." Your Status & Control system thinks this high-revving engine is necessary for survival. You aren't "tense"; you are just "operating at a different frequency" than the world around you.
How do I lower my "baseline arousal" permanently?
You can't force a downshift; you have to "lure" it. This requires "Extended Low-Density Exposure." Spending long periods in environments where zero "Reward" or "Threat" signals are present. In DojoWell, we use "Boredom as Medicine." By allowing yourself to be "undimulated" for long stretches, you prove to your Safety system that it doesn't need the high-revving baseline to stay alive, allowing the architecture to slowly settle.