# Down-Regulating Behaviors #survivalstrategy #decision #childhood #automatism #learned In [[Responding to Stress]], down-regulation can look like this... * Not have any needs/"I need nothing" * Don't be a bother/"Not stand in the way"/Don't take up space * Becoming invisible/"Disappearing"/Shrinking * Be nice and uncomplicated * Don't eat * Not take up space * Dissociation * Rebellion * Strike Part of [[Dependence and Down-Regulation, Survival Strategy]]. Also possibly another word for [[Depression]]. ## Questions - Could this have been triggered by my mother's illness? - Is, for example, slow music or Yoga an action to down-regulate? The opposite of [[Up-Regulating Behaviors]].