Stepping Back
What is Stepping Back?
You create space before responding to protect relationships and goals.
When you might feel stepping back
Stepping Back is a specific form of pausing, which itself is a type of repairing. You might experience this feeling in situations where repairing is present, particularly when the circumstances align with the nuances that define stepping back.
Explore Stepping Back on the Interactive Wheel
Use our free interactive feeling wheel to explore stepping back and discover related emotions.
Open Emotional Dysregulation ADHDRelated Emotions
You can identify the state early enough to interrupt escalation....
You put accurate words to emotion, reducing confusion....
Slower exhale helps lower arousal and regain choice....
You test assumptions before reacting to perceived threat....
You widen context so one moment feels less absolute....
You say what support or boundary would help right now....