Before Acting, Locate Yourself
Stress distorts perception.
Before you regulate, decide, or respond — first measure your internal state.
These tools help you identify where you are on the escalation spectrum so that you do not confuse intensity with urgency.
Stability begins with accurate self-location.
Tools in This Section
The Escalation Scale
A 1–10 regulation gauge to determine whether you are fit for decision-making.
The Stability Baseline Audit
This measures your resting foundation, not your spike. This becomes the diagnostic companion to the Escalation Scale
The Escalation Pattern Tracker
The Escalation Scale measures current intensity. This tool identifies patterns across time.
When to Use This Section
• You feel urgency but aren’t sure if it’s real
• You’re about to send a difficult message
• You feel emotionally activated
• You sense distortion but can’t identify it
Measure first. Act later.
Life.Understood.
Gerald Alba Daquila
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Life.Understood. 