Everyone on TikTok is ‘regulating their nervous system’

“Me everyday bc my nervous system doesn’t know the difference between a busy day at work or being attacked by a tiger,” a TikTok post reads. 

The sentiment is the same across dozens of videos online. As an antidote to this workplace-anxiety, “nervous system regulation” has been trending across TikTok, with  178,500 tagged videos beneath the hashtag #nervoussystemhealing. 

“Real footage of me regulating my nervous system at work,” one posted, hopping around the bathroom, animatedly shaking her wrists and legs.