tertiary · Regulating

Balancing

Part of the Emotional Dysregulation ADHD

What is Balancing?

You hold feelings and goals together without collapsing into extremes.

When you might feel balancing

Balancing is a specific form of stabilizing, which itself is a type of regulating. You might experience this feeling in situations where regulating is present, particularly when the circumstances align with the nuances that define balancing.

Emotional Hierarchy

RegulatingStabilizingBalancing

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Use our free interactive feeling wheel to explore balancing and discover related emotions.

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Related Emotions

Grounding

Body-based focus reduces intensity and restores present-moment awareness....

Settling

Your nervous system downshifts from high alert toward stability....

Steadying

Emotion becomes manageable enough for deliberate action....

Resetting

You transition out of crisis mode and back into functional mode....

Re-centering

You reconnect with your values and priorities....

Supported

Connection, tools, or environment make regulation easier....

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