#self-soothing
- Self-soothing — The act, process, or capacity to regain calm, psychological balance, and inner peace through one's own cognitive, emotional, or physiological strategies and efforts, without external support. In behavioral psychology and early development, the term describes the transition from a state of agitation or hyperactivation of the nervous system to a state of homeostasis, being an essential self-regulation mechanism that prevents emotional decompensation during moments of intense stress, panic, or anger.