Learn about your own stress response staircase. Find a journal or set up a secure digital document and create your own version of a stress response staircase (based on the model from earlier in the chapter). For each of the steps (safety, social engagement, mobilization, shutting down), make a list of the behaviors, thoughts, or internal sensations that let you know when you are on that step. Try thinking about some of these questions: What does it feel like to be on this step? What sensations are in your body? What goes through your mind? What feelings do you have? Then focus on safety: What
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