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When Hunger Feels Like Threat: The Interoceptive Pattern Beneath Disordered Eating

By Mignon Walker

The first distortion in disordered eating is not body image. It is interoceptive trust.

Long before hunger and fullness become confused, emotion has been denied, co...

11.05.26 01:50 AM - Comment(s)

When the Autistic Nervous System Doesn’t Feel Safe

By Mignon Walker

The interoceptive signal patterns behind dysregulation in autism

Dysregulation is often treated as the problem because it is the part other people can see. But by the time refusal, rigidity, shutdown, panic, avoidance, or volatility appear, the nervous system may have already made its decision: this ...

10.05.26 05:40 PM - Comment(s)

Self-Regulation Works. Until It Doesn't.

By Mignon Walker

Self-regulation skills are among the most valuable tools behavioral science has developed. The evidence for mindfulness-based interventions, for cognitive reappraisal, for breath-based regulation, is substantial. These tools produce real effects. For a wide range of situations, they are exactly what...

04.05.26 03:32 AM - Comment(s)

Blog categorized as Self-Regulation Limits

When Hunger Feels Like Threat: The Interoceptive Pattern Beneath Disordered Eating

When the Autistic Nervous System Doesn’t Feel Safe

Self-Regulation Works. Until It Doesn't.

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