For agitation and restlessness without pressure to regulate.
Orientation
This manual does not calm you down.
It does not teach relaxation or control.
Nothing here aims to remove agitation.
This guide exists to support settling without effort when the system remains activated.
When to Use This Manual
This manual may be useful when:
• You feel restless or keyed up
• Calm feels unreachable
• Your body resists slowing
• Internal pressure persists
Activation does not require correction.
What Agitation Commonly Does
Agitation often brings:
• Increased movement
• Mental urgency
• Sensitivity to interruption
• Desire to intervene
• Difficulty stopping
These responses reflect readiness, not failure.
What Helps
These conditions tend to support settling without force:
• Letting activation exist
• Reducing demands for calm
• Staying without regulating
• Allowing motion or stillness as needed
Settling is not the same as calming.
What Makes It Harder
Agitation intensifies when:
• Calm is treated as requirement
• Regulation becomes a task
• You monitor progress
• You judge activation
• You try to override sensation
Control increases pressure.
What to Avoid
During agitation, avoid:
• Forcing stillness
• Practicing techniques compulsively
• Tracking outcomes
• Demanding quiet
• Treating activation as failure
Agitation resolves on its own.
What Is Often Misinterpreted
Common misinterpretations include:
• Agitation means instability
• Agitation means loss of control
• Agitation must be eliminated
Often, agitation is transitional.
Operating Guidelines
While agitation is present:
• Let the body move or not
• Keep demands minimal
• Allow activation without story
• Do not require calm
Stability does not require quiet.
Warnings
• Do not force regulation
• Do not moralize calm
• Do not escalate effort
• Do not treat agitation as danger
This state does not need intervention.
Exit & Return Clause
You may leave this manual while agitation remains.
That is complete.
End of Manual
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Quiet Guide — part of the Living Archive by Gerald Daquila.
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