“You cannot think your way out of a dysregulated nervous system. Regulation comes before reason.”

— Nikita Datar

“The nervous system does not distinguish between memory and threat. It responds to both as if they are happening now.”

— Nikita Datar

“Hypervigilance is not paranoia. It is an exhausted nervous system that never received permission to rest.”

— Nikita Datar

“Freezing is not weakness. It is the nervous system choosing stillness when fight and flight are both impossible.”

— Nikita Datar