Emotional Regulation Is Just Systems Design

by Nat Currier 16 min read
PsychologySystems ThinkingPersonal Development
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Debugging code and managing emotions follow identical patterns: identify the trigger, trace the execution path, understand the feedback loops, and implement better error handling. Your emotional life is a system that can be designed, debugged, and optimized.

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Nat Currier. "Emotional Regulation Is Just Systems Design." nat.io, 2025-08-11. https://nat.io/blog/emotional-regulation-systems-design

Emotional regulation parallels software debugging: identify triggers, trace processes, analyze feedback loops, and improve error handling. Emotions can be systemically designed and optimized like code.

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