What mode are you? React, predict, or remember?

1. When something stressful happens, your brain usually:
A. Scans for danger everywhere
B. Tries to solve it immediately
C. Pauses long enough to gather real info
D. Registers it, but doesn’t spiral

2. If your amygdala had a personality, it would be:
A. Overcaffeinated security guard
B. Serious but reasonable risk manager
C. Sometimes loud, sometimes quiet
D. Mostly chill unless something is truly off

3. When you replay conversations later, it’s usually because your brain is:
A. Trying to prevent future social threat
B. Searching for the “correct” outcome
C. Processing and filing memory
D. Done with it pretty quickly

4. When you slow your breathing, you tend to notice:
A. Not much
B. Slight calming
C. Clear body shift (vagus nerve says hi)
D. Whole-system settling

5. When pain or tension shows up, your nervous system tends to:
A. Amplify it
B. Try to override it mentally
C. Alternate between reacting and observing
D. Let sensation move without escalating it

6. If your brain were an energy budget manager, it would:
A. Spend everything on worst-case predictions
B. Spend most energy on fixing and planning
C. Balance problem-solving and recovery
D. Spend efficiently and return to baseline quickly

7. Your thoughts feel most like:
A. Demands
B. Urgent suggestions
C. Weather reports
D. Background radio

8. When something unexpected happens, your body usually:
A. Reacts before you think
B. Reacts, then thinks fast
C. Reacts, then settles
D. Registers → evaluates → responds

9. If neuroplasticity were visible, yours would look like:
A. Deep grooves I fall into automatically
B. Some old grooves + some new trails
C. Trails I can choose between
D. Lots of flexible, walkable paths

10. When you feel safe and settled, your brain is most likely:
A. Safe and settled? What’s that?
B. Here in short bursts
C. Accessible if I slow down
D. My default more and more

These questions don’t have “right” or “wrong” answers, they merely let you know where your nervous system is right now. If you answered with A or B most of the time, there may be an easier way.

Did even reading the questions make you wonder where your path went (you thought you were on it, right)? Congrats, that’s good information!

If you want to go further and find more ahhh in your answers, reach out, and I’ll send you Primer Pointers to help direct you back to ahhhhh…