Psychology Today | 24.10.2026 01:27
The nervous system is having a moment online. Scroll long enough on your chosen platform and you will find exercises and workbooks promising to regulate your nervous system sitting beside posts about vagal tone. As a psychotherapist who works daily with the unconscious and the body, I am glad people are getting curious about what lies underneath. Yet I am also uneasy, as much of nervous-system wellness culture seems to serve the very aspect of us that authentic inner work is meant to humble: the ego.