Pause - Calm intense urges and reset dopamine in 60seconds,privately

Whenever an intense urge or compulsive impulse hits (screen doomscrolling, stress cravings, compulsive loops), brute-force willpower often fails because acute arousal downregulates prefrontal cortex control. What actually worked for me was clinical urge-surfing and somatic grounding—giving the nervous system 60 to 180 seconds to de-escalate without fighting the sensation.