// SOMA_JOURNAL

The English edition

Short pieces on the nervous system, interoception and self-observation.

Translation is ongoing - the German edition is the complete one. All German posts →

Nº 23

Your Buffer Is Measurable

Reading HRV without gadget-worship

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Nº 22

The 60-Second Scan

A language you never really learned

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Nº 21

The Price of Holding On

Adaptation isn't free — not even when it succeeds

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Nº 20

Music Isn't Background

A stimulus with an effect on the nervous system

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Nº 19

Your Blink Rate Reveals More Than You Think

The cheapest self-check there is

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Nº 18

Your Gut Reports First

The fastest wire in the body

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Nº 17

Your Body Has No Fear Signal

The signal is real. The label isn't.

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Nº 16

The Second Gauge

Why a line shows more than a number — and one that doesn't adapt along with you.

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Nº 15

The Vagus Toolbox

Six switches — and you only need the two that work for you.

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Nº 14

A Confession About My Own App

soma_code measures nothing. That isn't the gap — that's the design.

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Nº 13

The Tightrope Walker

“I know how far I can push.” The sentence is true — until it isn't.

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Nº 12

The Chronotype

Getting up early is a virtue — that isn't in any chronobiology textbook, but it sits firmly in our working culture.

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Nº 11

The Breath Map

“Take a deep breath” is half an instruction. Nobody tells you which breath, for what.

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Nº 10

The Early Signs of Panic

It knocks before it arrives — and almost nobody knows the knock.

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Nº 09

The Cold Reset

An emergency brake wired into every mammal — and it costs nothing.

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Nº 08

The One Switch You Can Flip on Purpose

Almost everything in your body runs without you. There is exactly one exception.

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Nº 07

Your Window of Tolerance Is Narrower Than You Think

A state, not a character trait — and it's trainable.

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Nº 06

Neuroception — Your Body Decides Before You Think

Not a defect. An old protection system, just overcautious.

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Nº 04

The Vagus Nerve — Gut Feeling Is Sensory Data

Your body reports before your mind decides.

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Nº 03

Your Nervous System Doesn't Have Twenty States

It has three — and one of them is deciding for you right now.

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Nº 02

Anxiety Isn't a Character Flaw

It's the same energy as excitement. Your brain just labeled it differently.

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