Every Space You Work In Is A Nervous System

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Written By Theresa Earle

I once told my boss that it felt like our department had CPTSD. I believed it then. I believe it now.

Every workplace has a nervous system. It regulates, it dysregulates, it repairs — and sometimes it fragments. And every person inside it is a variable, not a bystander.

That includes the DSP absorbing a client's crisis. The nurse getting it from all sides. The developer whose leadership won't hear them about the damage being done. The janitor who feels the building's mood before anyone else does.

This post is about what that means — and who bears the cost when a system refuses to regulate itself.

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Theresa Earle

Theresa is the founder of NeuroSpicy Services, where she helps neurodivergent adults reimagine self-care through self-accommodation, Person Centered Thinking and lived experience. She is a certified trainer in Person Centered Planning and has 16 years of leadership and coaching experience.

https://www.neurospicyservices.com
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