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 →
Your Buffer Is Measurable
Reading HRV without gadget-worship
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The 60-Second Scan
A language you never really learned
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The Price of Holding On
Adaptation isn't free — not even when it succeeds
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Music Isn't Background
A stimulus with an effect on the nervous system
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Your Blink Rate Reveals More Than You Think
The cheapest self-check there is
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Your Gut Reports First
The fastest wire in the body
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Your Body Has No Fear Signal
The signal is real. The label isn't.
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The Second Gauge
Why a line shows more than a number — and one that doesn't adapt along with you.
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The Vagus Toolbox
Six switches — and you only need the two that work for you.
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A Confession About My Own App
soma_code measures nothing. That isn't the gap — that's the design.
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The Tightrope Walker
“I know how far I can push.” The sentence is true — until it isn't.
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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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The Breath Map
“Take a deep breath” is half an instruction. Nobody tells you which breath, for what.
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The Early Signs of Panic
It knocks before it arrives — and almost nobody knows the knock.
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The Cold Reset
An emergency brake wired into every mammal — and it costs nothing.
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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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Your Window of Tolerance Is Narrower Than You Think
A state, not a character trait — and it's trainable.
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Neuroception — Your Body Decides Before You Think
Not a defect. An old protection system, just overcautious.
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The Vagus Nerve — Gut Feeling Is Sensory Data
Your body reports before your mind decides.
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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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Anxiety Isn't a Character Flaw
It's the same energy as excitement. Your brain just labeled it differently.
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